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'' | <head>CERTAINTY Prelud.</head> | ||
<p>The Prediction of the Law is in no case absolute<lb/> | |||
but depending for it's being verified upon a<lb/> | |||
long chain of contingencies -</p> | |||
<p>It says not in effect, whatever it may appear -<lb/> | |||
to say in sound <add>words</add>, "The man who stealeth shall<lb/> | |||
be hanged" - But "he shall be hanged, if<lb/> | |||
<del>if</del> he <del>from whom ought is stolen</del> <add>who saw him steal</add> will discover<lb/> | |||
it — <hi rend='underline'>if</hi> any one will apprehend the<lb/> | |||
Stealer — <hi rend='underline'>if</hi> the Justice will <sic>committ</sic> him -<lb/> | |||
<hi rend='underline'>if</hi> the Gaoler will receive & <del><sic>committ</sic> him</del> <add>keep him</add><lb/> | |||
<hi rend='underline'>if</hi> the witnesses will depose against him - <hi rend='underline'>if</hi><lb/> | |||
the Jury will convict him - <hi rend='underline'>If</hi> the Gaoler<lb/> | |||
will again receive & keep him — <hi rend='underline'>If</hi> the<lb/> | |||
Sheriff's Officer will convey him to the place<lb/> | |||
of execution — | |||
<note>If the Sovereign will suffer the execution to take place without exercising his prerogative of pardoning.</note> | |||
<hi rend='underline'>if</hi> the Executioner will hang<lb/> | |||
him — a thousand <unclear>intervening</unclear> <hi rend='underline'>ifs</hi> <add>being omitted</add> beside the | |||
<lb/> | |||
principal <add>ones</add> here expressed being omitted -</p> <pb/> | |||
<p><add><del>Of these ifs</del></add> But <hi rend='underline'>will</hi> <del>the man</del> <add>he</add> who saw him steal discover<!-- end of word cut of at edge of page --> <lb/> | |||
it? <hi rend='underline'>will</hi> he or any other apprehend him<lb/> | |||
[power being all along supposed] will every one<lb/> | |||
of these suppositions be successively converted into<lb/> | |||
realities?</p> | |||
<p>The answer to each of these questions runs on into<lb/> | |||
<del>a</del> <add>yet another</add> string of suppositions</p> | |||
<p>Will <del>the man</del> he who saw him steal discover<lb/> | |||
this introduces</p> | |||
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CERTAINTY Prelud.
The Prediction of the Law is in no case absolute
but depending for it's being verified upon a
long chain of contingencies -
It says not in effect, whatever it may appear -
to say in sound words, "The man who stealeth shall
be hanged" - But "he shall be hanged, if
if he from whom ought is stolen who saw him steal will discover
it — if any one will apprehend the
Stealer — if the Justice will committ him -
if the Gaoler will receive & committ him keep him
if the witnesses will depose against him - if
the Jury will convict him - If the Gaoler
will again receive & keep him — If the
Sheriff's Officer will convey him to the place
of execution —
If the Sovereign will suffer the execution to take place without exercising his prerogative of pardoning.
if the Executioner will hang
him — a thousand intervening ifs being omitted beside the
principal ones here expressed being omitted -
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Of these ifs But will the man he who saw him steal discover
it? will he or any other apprehend him
[power being all along supposed] will every one
of these suppositions be successively converted into
realities?
The answer to each of these questions runs on into
a yet another string of suppositions
Will the man he who saw him steal discover
this introduces
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