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<p>How are these divisions made? in subordinate<lb/>governments, by the supreme. in the <add>system of</add> supreme<lb/>government, by the original compact where there has<lb/><add>been</add> one between the first <del><gap/></del> members of it and the<lb/>body of the people: <del>an <gap/></del> where there has not, by<lb/>the turn which they have given and the <del>d</del> conditions<lb/>they are disposed to annex to the habit of obedience; that<lb/>habit which is the <gap/> <add>efficient</add> cause of all governments <add>one government</add><lb/>alike. <add>as well as of another.</add></p><p>The advantages of division [in regard to the powers<lb/>of government] are principally as follows: <add>those which follow</add> 1. It pre<del>vents</del> <add>diminishes</add><lb/> precipitation <add>the danger</add> 2. it <del><gap/> <gap/> <gap/></del> diminishes the<lb/>danger of <add>extreme</add> ignorance: <add>in the extreme</add> it diminishes the danger of a<lb/>want of probity. This last advantage however is<lb/>seldom <gap/> <add>obtained</add><add>attained</add> in any perceptible degree unless<lb/>the number of <del>persons</del> <add>sharers</add> be very considerable; so<lb/>much so that <del>among them</del> <add>it</add> shall be difficult<lb/>to separate the interests of the majority of them<lb/>from the interests of the body of the people.<lb/>The principle disadvantages are that it breeds <add>is apt to</add> delay,<lb/>and that by the quarrels it <add>is liable to</add> give<del>s</del> birth to,<lb/> it has a tendency to bring about the dissolution<lb/>of the government in which it is established. The <add>mischief</add></p> | |||
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How are these divisions made? in subordinate
governments, by the supreme. in the system of supreme
government, by the original compact where there has
been one between the first members of it and the
body of the people: an where there has not, by
the turn which they have given and the d conditions
they are disposed to annex to the habit of obedience; that
habit which is the efficient cause of all governments one government
alike. as well as of another.
The advantages of division [in regard to the powers
of government] are principally as follows: those which follow 1. It prevents diminishes
precipitation the danger 2. it diminishes the
danger of extreme ignorance: in the extreme it diminishes the danger of a
want of probity. This last advantage however is
seldom obtainedattained in any perceptible degree unless
the number of persons sharers be very considerable; so
much so that among them it shall be difficult
to separate the interests of the majority of them
from the interests of the body of the people.
The principle disadvantages are that it breeds is apt to delay,
and that by the quarrels it is liable to gives birth to,
it has a tendency to bring about the dissolution
of the government in which it is established. The mischief
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