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<head>CERTAINTY <!-- white space --> Interest — individual x general.</head> | |||
<p>to an acknowledged Interest or that the Nation | |||
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in question is blind to what is <sic>it's</sic> Interest. | |||
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<p><!-- indent -->Meanwhile neither of these suppositions shall | |||
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be true — <add>It shall not be true or</add> The nation shall not be blind;<lb/> | |||
much less is it ever true that human nature acts in default of or in <del>contradiction</del> <add><del>contrar</del> opposition to</add> | |||
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<sic>its'</sic> impelling motives — | |||
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<p><!-- indent -->The nation shall have <del>an</del> a general interest | |||
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in the doing of the thing in question; | |||
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& shall know it: (that is, the greater part in it of those who think, shall know) that | |||
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if the conduct in question were observed by | |||
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all at once, a <add>clear</add> benefit would result to | |||
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all, or at least to many — Yet <add>is</add> it is not | |||
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observed — for why? because <add>on the one-hand</add> from any one's | |||
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observing it alone, <add>or in the company of a few</add> <del>on the one hand</del> no such | |||
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benefit would accrue, on the other <del>from</del> <add>on</add> his | |||
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not observing it, no <del>such</del> detriment <add>of itself</add> accrues | |||
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or [is made] to accrue [is made] — & because <add>those</add> | |||
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to whom it appertains are not agreed how to | |||
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go about so to order it , or that a <sic>correspond.</sic><!-- unfinished word - correspondent ? --> | |||
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benefit or detriment as the case demands | |||
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shall accrue to each separate individual , | |||
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according <add><del>& <gap/></del></add> to the share he <add>shall</add> have taken & (<gap/> | |||
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upon his taking it) in the observing or | |||
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not observing it <add>of such conduct</add>. | |||
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<p>I<hi rend='underline'>n their Project</hi>s | |||
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<head>How - general Interest is converted in[to]<!-- carry on to next line --> a particular <add>individual</add> Interest.</head> | |||
<p><!-- indent -->A general Interest is converted into an individual | |||
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Interest in 2 manners <add>ways</add> — either | |||
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<!-- indented -->1<hi rend='superscript'>st</hi> When many men say to <add>one</add> another <add>at</add> <gap/> | |||
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a time <add>once</add>, "if you will , I<hi rend='underline'> wil</hi>l — (& from <gap/> | |||
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"we all <hi rend='underline'>will"</hi>) that is , if an engagemen[t]<lb/> | |||
be taken: The Interest have<!-- or, 'here' --> <gap/>, from th[e]<lb/> | |||
Discredit <add>dishonour</add> of violating an engagement.</p> | |||
<p><!-- indented -->2<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> When one or more having power so | |||
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to do, say to <del>all its own</del> <add><del>another</del></add> them — "you all | |||
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<hi rend='underline'>shall"</hi> that is , if a Law be made | |||
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<p><!-- indented -->The Interest here arises from the mi[s]chief of suffering the Punishment which | |||
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is denounced by that Law.</p> | |||
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5. 6 CERTAINTY Interest — individual x general.
to an acknowledged Interest or that the Nation
in question is blind to what is it's Interest.
Meanwhile neither of these suppositions shall
be true — It shall not be true or The nation shall not be blind;
much less is it ever true that human nature acts in default of or in contradiction contrar opposition to
its' impelling motives —
The nation shall have an a general interest
in the doing of the thing in question;
& shall know it: (that is, the greater part in it of those who think, shall know) that
if the conduct in question were observed by
all at once, a clear benefit would result to
all, or at least to many — Yet is it is not
observed — for why? because on the one-hand from any one's
observing it alone, or in the company of a few on the one hand no such
benefit would accrue, on the other from on his
not observing it, no such detriment of itself accrues
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or [is made] to accrue [is made] — & because those
to whom it appertains are not agreed how to
go about so to order it , or that a correspond.
benefit or detriment as the case demands
shall accrue to each separate individual ,
according & to the share he shall have taken & (
upon his taking it) in the observing or
not observing it of such conduct.
In their Projects
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How - general Interest is converted in[to] a particular individual Interest.
A general Interest is converted into an individual
Interest in 2 manners ways — either
1st When many men say to one another at
a time once, "if you will , I will — (& from
"we all will") that is , if an engagemen[t]
be taken: The Interest have , from th[e]
Discredit dishonour of violating an engagement.
2d When one or more having power so
to do, say to all its own another them — "you all
shall" that is , if a Law be made
The Interest here arises from the mi[s]chief of suffering the Punishment which
is denounced by that Law.
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