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<p> life insurance. <del>I <gap/> <gap/> got the better of their opposition to</del> the latter<lb/> <del>was got the overcome</del> <add> I kept in</add> by reason, and to the other by main force, but the risk <add>obligation</add> <lb/>is lessened <add>somewhat lightened</add> by modifications which I flatter myself will not impair the<lb/> spirit of it. | <p>life insurance. <del>I <gap/> <gap/> got the better of their opposition to</del> the latter<lb/> | ||
<del>was got the overcome</del> <add> I kept in</add> by reason, and to the other by main force, but the risk <add>obligation</add> <lb/> | |||
is lessened <add>somewhat lightened</add> by modifications which I flatter myself will not impair the<lb/> | |||
spirit of it. There were no <del>other</del> contests but of this kind. Your Grace's<lb/> | |||
kindness however need not be under any apprehension on my score.<lb/> | |||
<del>The</del> Dexterity and Good Will being rendered equally unnecessary<lb/> | |||
by my Brother's mechanical contrivances, my Prisoners will be Joiners,<lb/> | |||
Cabinet-makers, Wheel-wrights, Musical-instrument makers, makers<lb/> | |||
in short of almost every thing that is made in wood. The gain<lb/> | |||
it is true might have been <del>much</del> <add> made</add> greater, <add> indeed much greater</add> by substituting a steam<lb/> | |||
engine: but I shall at least be secure against loss. <del>He is still</del> <add> We have nothing</add> <lb/> | |||
to apprehend but from <del>acts</del> the dangers which Arkwright's invention had to struggle with<lb/> | |||
in their infancy <del>but for them too</del> I mean riots: but against them too we are prepared. <del>My Brother</del> above a week</add><lb/> | |||
<del>in England</del> whom Your Grace so kindly enquired after is still in England <add><del>in England</del>: indeed I can not part with him: he has been absent above a week on</add><lb/> | |||
an expedition of business to Birmingham Sheffield and Manchester from<lb/> | |||
whence I expect him home in a few days. We shall <add>humbly</add> hope, upon your<lb/> | |||
Grace's return to this neighbourhood <del> to wait upon you at this place. We</del> <add> for the honour of <sic>shewing</sic> you</add> <lb/> | |||
<del>can <sic>shew you</del> <add> what M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Pitt & M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Dundas saw</add> besides models of the Panopticon, Wheels made with as<lb/> | |||
<del>little</del> <add> less <sic>expence</sic> of <add>the</add> steel <del>or</del> <add>than</add> pine, and by a train of operations equally<lb/> | |||
<del>diversified</del> <add> <del><gap/></del> diversified</add> Wheels were chosen to begin with, as exercising the greatest <del>diversity</del><lb/> | |||
<add> variety</add> of contrivance. To every thing of this sort I am but the fly upon<lb/> | |||
the wheel; and though I was <add>a sort of</add> an architect, as your Grace may see in<lb/> | |||
the book <add> which I hope you have received</add> it was only <del> for want of a better</del> <add> through necessity,</add> for as soon as he came<lb/> | |||
to England, I was glad to resign the role to better hands.</p> | |||
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life insurance. I got the better of their opposition to the latter
was got the overcome I kept in by reason, and to the other by main force, but the risk obligation
is lessened somewhat lightened by modifications which I flatter myself will not impair the
spirit of it. There were no other contests but of this kind. Your Grace's
kindness however need not be under any apprehension on my score.
The Dexterity and Good Will being rendered equally unnecessary
by my Brother's mechanical contrivances, my Prisoners will be Joiners,
Cabinet-makers, Wheel-wrights, Musical-instrument makers, makers
in short of almost every thing that is made in wood. The gain
it is true might have been much made greater, indeed much greater by substituting a steam
engine: but I shall at least be secure against loss. He is still We have nothing
to apprehend but from acts the dangers which Arkwright's invention had to struggle with
in their infancy but for them too I mean riots: but against them too we are prepared. My Brother above a week</add>
in England whom Your Grace so kindly enquired after is still in England in England: indeed I can not part with him: he has been absent above a week on
an expedition of business to Birmingham Sheffield and Manchester from
whence I expect him home in a few days. We shall humbly hope, upon your
Grace's return to this neighbourhood to wait upon you at this place. We for the honour of shewing you
can <sic>shew you what Mr Pitt & Mr Dundas saw besides models of the Panopticon, Wheels made with as
little less expence of <add>the steel or than pine, and by a train of operations equally
diversified diversified Wheels were chosen to begin with, as exercising the greatest diversity
variety of contrivance. To every thing of this sort I am but the fly upon
the wheel; and though I was a sort of an architect, as your Grace may see in
the book which I hope you have received it was only for want of a better through necessity, for as soon as he came
to England, I was glad to resign the role to better hands.
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1793-08-15 |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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