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<!-- pencil annotations --><p> 2 <note> Inserenda 165</note><lb/>Police Revenue Bill <note> Observations<lb/> VI Miscellanea<lb/> §.45<lb/> 101<lb/> Police <gap/> <lb/> <gap/></note> </p> | |||
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<p>always <del>and endowed</del> <add>now and indeed</add> with attractions of which<lb/> | |||
<p>always < | |||
the power is inherent and indestructible - a<add>succession</add> <del>set</del><lb/> | the power is inherent and indestructible - a<add>succession</add> <del>set</del><lb/> | ||
of <del>anecdotes</del> incidents and occurrences, of that <add>the</add> sort<lb/> | of <del>anecdotes</del> incidents and occurrences, of that <add>the</add> sort<lb/> | ||
which comes home, and that in the closest senses<lb/> | which comes home, and that in the closest senses<lb/> | ||
to <del>ensure</del><add>the</add> business and bosoms of the readers, <add>[+]</add> <del><gap/></del> <note><add>[+]</add> materials <del><gap/></del> the <del>perpetual</del> monopoly of which is secured to it - most <sic>compleatly</sic> and at the same time most unexceptionally secured to it</del> </note><lb/> | to <del>ensure</del><add>the</add> business and bosoms of the readers, <add>[+]</add> <del><gap/></del> <note><add>[+]</add> materials <del><gap/></del> the <del>perpetual</del> monopoly of which is <del>secured to it</del> - most <sic>compleatly</sic> and at the same time most unexceptionally <del>secured to it</del> </note><lb/> | ||
<del>that sort of | <del>that sort of seems to afford an exemption of that</del><lb/> | ||
<del>an</del><add>seems to be that sort of</add> instrument though worthy of the ablest<lb/> | <del>an</del><add>seems to be that sort of</add> instrument though worthy of the ablest<lb/> | ||
hands <del>is</del><add><del>seems</del | hands <del>is</del><add> <del>seems</del> is</add> incapable of being spoilt, even by the<lb/> | ||
clumsiest.</p> | clumsiest.</p> | ||
The | <p>The Bible, (it may be said) is what the<lb/> | ||
people <hi rend="underline">ought</hi> to read:- there is their best, <del><gap/><add>not</add></del><lb/> | people <hi rend="underline">ought</hi> to read:- there is their best, <del><gap/><add>not</add></del><lb/> | ||
<del><add>to say</add> rather their sole</del> preservation. <add>Be it so</add> <del>Quere</del>: - but is<lb/> | <del><add>to say</add> rather their sole</del> preservation. <add>Be it so</add> <del><foreign>Quere</foreign></del>: - but is<lb/> | ||
the conclusion just, that because they <hi rend="underline">ought</hi>, therefore<lb/> | the conclusion just, that because they <hi rend="underline">ought</hi>, therefore<lb/> | ||
they will <hi rend="underline">read</hi> it? <add>[+]</add> <del>Alas! - the opposite conclusion</del> <note><add>[+]</add> and that nothing should be done in aid of this preservation? Were this | they will <hi rend="underline">read</hi> it? <add>[+]</add> <del>Alas! - the opposite conclusion</del> <note><add>[+]</add> and that nothing should be done in aid of this preservation? Were this reasoning just, then ought all penal laws to be abolished, since a man ought to live honestly although there were no such laws. <del>No: the just conclusion</del></note><lb/> | ||
<del>is perhaps the oftenest verified <add>[+]</add></del> In a<lb/> | <del>is perhaps the oftenest verified <add>[+]</add></del> <note><add>[+]</add> No: - the just and only <add>just</add> conclusion is <del>the practical one which says </del> - then let no expedient be left <sic>unemploy'd</sic>, which can contribute to engage a man to read his Bible.</note> In a <lb/>Newspaper (who does not know it?) a man will<lb/> | ||
Newspaper (who does not know it?) a man will<lb/> | |||
read, and read throughout, what he would not<lb/> | read, and read throughout, what he would not<lb/> | ||
so much as look at elsewhere.- Many a man<lb/> | so much as look at elsewhere.- Many a man<lb/> | ||
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read his Bible. The <del>Bible</del><add>sacred Book</add> itself will not<lb/> | read his Bible. The <del>Bible</del><add>sacred Book</add> itself will not<lb/> | ||
be deprived by it of a single reader: - on<add><del>The situation of Archbishop of Canterbury</del></add><lb/> | be deprived by it of a single reader: - on<add><del>The situation of Archbishop of Canterbury</del></add><lb/> | ||
the contrary it may be made to acquire<lb/> | |||
them by thousands.</p> | |||
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2 Inserenda 165
Police Revenue Bill Observations
VI Miscellanea
§.45
101
Police
always and endowed now and indeed with attractions of which
the power is inherent and indestructible - asuccession set
of anecdotes incidents and occurrences, of that the sort
which comes home, and that in the closest senses
to ensurethe business and bosoms of the readers, [+] [+] materials the perpetual monopoly of which is secured to it - most compleatly and at the same time most unexceptionally secured to it
that sort of seems to afford an exemption of that
anseems to be that sort of instrument though worthy of the ablest
hands is seems is incapable of being spoilt, even by the
clumsiest.
The Bible, (it may be said) is what the
people ought to read:- there is their best, not
to say rather their sole preservation. Be it so Quere: - but is
the conclusion just, that because they ought, therefore
they will read it? [+] Alas! - the opposite conclusion [+] and that nothing should be done in aid of this preservation? Were this reasoning just, then ought all penal laws to be abolished, since a man ought to live honestly although there were no such laws. No: the just conclusion
is perhaps the oftenest verified [+] [+] No: - the just and only just conclusion is the practical one which says - then let no expedient be left unemploy'd, which can contribute to engage a man to read his Bible. In a
Newspaper (who does not know it?) a man will
read, and read throughout, what he would not
so much as look at elsewhere.- Many a man
who would loath or scorn to read his Bible in
his Bible, might be made to read it in the
Police Gazette. In his Bible, a man can
not be made to read the Police Gazette: but
in the Police Gazette he might be made to
read his Bible. The Biblesacred Book itself will not
be deprived by it of a single reader: - onThe situation of Archbishop of Canterbury
the contrary it may be made to acquire
them by thousands.
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