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<p> Lincoln's Inn Sunday<lb/> 5 July</p><p> Dear Bentham </p><p> You desired the Courier not to be <lb/> Stopped <sic>till</sic> the new French paper should be ordered<lb/>We have heard nothing on that subject from Dumont<lb/>& only know that the <foreign>Journal de Paris</foreign> is very bad — <lb/> therefore the Courier still goes on — I have not <lb/> stopped the Leyden Gazette because you had a view<lb/> of establishing another partnership, so that too goes<lb/> on; but I wish for your final instructions as to <lb/> both before the Circuit Which begins tomorrow fortnight</p> <p> I received a few days ago an unpublished book of <lb/> my friend Gregory's on the old Continuing of liberty & <lb/> Necessity in which he <del>lat</del> undertakes to <hi rend="underline">demonstrate</hi> that<lb/> the doctrine of necessity leads to conclusions Which are<lb/> some of them false & rather absurd — | <p> Lincoln's Inn Sunday<lb/> 5 July</p><p> Dear Bentham </p><p> You desired the Courier not to be <lb/> Stopped <sic>till</sic> the new French paper should be ordered<lb/>We have heard nothing on that subject from Dumont<lb/>& only know that the <foreign>Journal de Paris</foreign> is very bad — <lb/> therefore the Courier still goes on — I have not <lb/> stopped the Leyden Gazette because you had a view<lb/> of establishing another partnership, so that too goes<lb/> on; but I wish for your final instructions as to <lb/> both before the Circuit Which begins tomorrow fortnight</p> <p> I received a few days ago an unpublished book of <lb/> my friend Gregory's on the old Continuing of liberty & <lb/> Necessity in which he <del>lat</del> undertakes to <hi rend="underline">demonstrate</hi> that<lb/> the doctrine of necessity leads to conclusions Which are<lb/> some of them false & rather absurd — The following paragraph<lb/> is transcribed from his letter — </p> <p> — "And one for your own perusal & your friends<lb/> Bentham the Usurer, and Nail & Nail's brother — I <lb/> have great confidence in the Soundness of your 4 heads & <lb/> the fitness of them for <del> Mathematical</del> <add> Strict</add> reasoning. I take <lb/> it for granted you will all dislike, & distrust at first, <lb/> My mode of writing & reasoning — possibly some of you may <lb/> <add>have</add> </p> | ||
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Lincoln's Inn Sunday
5 July
Dear Bentham
You desired the Courier not to be
Stopped till the new French paper should be ordered
We have heard nothing on that subject from Dumont
& only know that the Journal de Paris is very bad —
therefore the Courier still goes on — I have not
stopped the Leyden Gazette because you had a view
of establishing another partnership, so that too goes
on; but I wish for your final instructions as to
both before the Circuit Which begins tomorrow fortnight
I received a few days ago an unpublished book of
my friend Gregory's on the old Continuing of liberty &
Necessity in which he lat undertakes to demonstrate that
the doctrine of necessity leads to conclusions Which are
some of them false & rather absurd — The following paragraph
is transcribed from his letter —
— "And one for your own perusal & your friends
Bentham the Usurer, and Nail & Nail's brother — I
have great confidence in the Soundness of your 4 heads &
the fitness of them for Mathematical Strict reasoning. I take
it for granted you will all dislike, & distrust at first,
My mode of writing & reasoning — possibly some of you may
have
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