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forward: I speak of the best that can happen. I suppose<lb/> | forward: I speak of the best that can happen. I suppose<lb/> | ||
- I hope no offence by the supposition - it is but a<lb/> | - I hope no offence by the supposition - it is but a<lb/> | ||
supposition - that noble Lords <del>are in earnest</del><add>mean what they <del>appear</del | supposition - that noble Lords <del>are in earnest</del><add>mean what they <del>appear</del>would be thought to mean</add> - and that<lb/> | ||
the object is - <del>and</del><add>not merely to make the place - much less</add> to <unclear>rivet</unclear> the abuse but to remove it.<lb/> | the object is - <del>and</del><add>not merely to make the place - much less</add> to <unclear>rivet</unclear> the abuse but to remove it.<lb/> | ||
But times change, and dispositions with them: and though<lb/> | But times change, and dispositions with them: and though<lb/> | ||
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sort or other - or busines can not go on. It is altogether <lb/> | sort or other - or busines can not go on. It is altogether <lb/> | ||
necessary: and what is more it is mutually<lb/> | necessary: and what is more it is mutually<lb/> | ||
convenient. Every thing is then | convenient. Every thing is then quiet and composed: <del>every</del><lb/> | ||
every thing is once more as it should be: Between superintendent<lb/> | every thing is once more as it should be: Between superintendent<lb/> | ||
and subordinate - between Inspector and inspected<lb/> | and subordinate - between Inspector and inspected<lb/> | ||
<del>there <gap/></del> nothing <del><gap/></del><add>new</add> remains but mutual<add>perfect | <del>there <gap/></del> nothing <del><gap/></del><add>new</add> remains but mutual<add>perfect/undisturbed harmony</add> complainings,<lb/> | ||
mutual confidence. But when confidence <add>has</add> reigns<lb/> | mutual confidence. But when confidence <add>has</add> reigns<lb/> | ||
<add>established itself</add> what need of inspection? The very idea is invidious:<lb/> | <add>established itself</add> what need of inspection? The very idea is invidious:<lb/> | ||
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10 Jany. 1803
Letter 3
|2 XVII Hulks
Great severity at the outset upon the brow of the new
Hercules: fierceappalling glances Put down upon the culprit
Stable keeper: fire and flame in the superior region, tremblings
and qualings in the lower, But times change; and dispositions
with them: and though dispositions should not individualspersons
themselves change in time. I put the fairest case
forward: I speak of the best that can happen. I suppose
- I hope no offence by the supposition - it is but a
supposition - that noble Lords are in earnestmean what they appearwould be thought to mean - and that
the object is - andnot merely to make the place - much less to rivet the abuse but to remove it.
But times change, and dispositions with them: and though
dispositions should not, individuals themselves go off in time.
Time in these cases such situations especially is a great a great emotional diminisher
of distances: a great begetter of and mutal understandings - a great promoter of explanations. A B
very few months not to say weeks - not to say day.
will be sufficient to bringput things into some channel:
and the odds are many - many indeed to air in favour
of the old one. Between superintendent and subordinate
there must be an understanding. an understanding of some
sort or other - or busines can not go on. It is altogether
necessary: and what is more it is mutually
convenient. Every thing is then quiet and composed: every
every thing is once more as it should be: Between superintendent
and subordinate - between Inspector and inspected
there nothing new remains but mutualperfect/undisturbed harmony complainings,
mutual confidence. But when confidence has reigns
established itself what need of inspection? The very idea is invidious:
the operation useless. What remains then, but for each to
sent himself for good and all set down under his own snug fig-tree: studying to be
quiet and minding his own business? The one escapes has no longer any
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