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<!-- indent --><p>When the people act by proxy, <del>then</del> the<lb/> experience of by far the greater number is<lb/> no hindrance <add>disadvantage</add> to them: their opinion is the opinion<lb/> of such as <del>pass of</del> are so at least as pass<lb/> for the most intelligent among them. Of those<lb/> who have understanding to be <unclear>sensible</unclear> for their own<lb/> unfitness, and they are by far the greater number<lb/> each has his oracle upon whose <gap/> he pins<lb/> his faith. It is therefore no more than may<lb/> reasonably expected of them, that they <add>in general</add> should<lb/> not choose <add>make choices</add> a bad Judge nor turn off a good<lb/> one.</p> | |||
<!-- indent --><p>This resource fails them altogether when they<lb/> <unclear>arise</unclear>to act in person and that in the way of <lb/> judicature. Each man's judgment must now be<lb/> his own: no man has his oracle at his elbow<lb/> strangers as they all are to one another, so many of them<lb/> Those who <add>as</add> are conscious of their own insufficiency<lb/> are obliged to choose at a venture their oracle on<lb/> the spot. That oracle is naturally the most<lb/> hasty, the most violent and the most obstinate:<lb/> for as to proofs of ability and intelligence he has no<lb/><unclear>trace</unclear> to give them. After the subject has been exhausted<lb/> by the abilities experienced talent of the Advocates and the<lb/> Judge you can not expect a Juryman to throw<lb/> fresh lights and give himself among his fellows any<lb/> superior title to confidence.<lb/></p><pb/> | |||
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When the people act by proxy, then the
experience of by far the greater number is
no hindrance disadvantage to them: their opinion is the opinion
of such as pass of are so at least as pass
for the most intelligent among them. Of those
who have understanding to be sensible for their own
unfitness, and they are by far the greater number
each has his oracle upon whose he pins
his faith. It is therefore no more than may
reasonably expected of them, that they in general should
not choose make choices a bad Judge nor turn off a good
one.
This resource fails them altogether when they
ariseto act in person and that in the way of
judicature. Each man's judgment must now be
his own: no man has his oracle at his elbow
strangers as they all are to one another, so many of them
Those who as are conscious of their own insufficiency
are obliged to choose at a venture their oracle on
the spot. That oracle is naturally the most
hasty, the most violent and the most obstinate:
for as to proofs of ability and intelligence he has no
trace to give them. After the subject has been exhausted
by the abilities experienced talent of the Advocates and the
Judge you can not expect a Juryman to throw
fresh lights and give himself among his fellows any
superior title to confidence.
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constitutional code; evidence; procedure code |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::floyd & co [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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arthur young |
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