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<add>with</add> regard to power of the mechanical kind: extent<lb/>as analogous to quantity of matter: <sic>it's</sic> force<lb/>or | <p><add>with</add> regard to power of the mechanical kind: extent<lb/>as analogous to quantity of matter: <sic>it's</sic> force<lb/>or momentum consists of the one multiplied<lb/>into the other. The <del>former</del> <add>latter</add> of these dimensions<lb/>is that which is most open to admensurement<lb/>Strength of disapprobation is <add>an undefined and</add> <del>a</del> variable <del>and</del><lb/><del>undefinable</del> object: but numbers may be counted<lb/></p> | ||
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<note>Its force in point<lb/>of extent depends<lb/>upon [<del>1. the liberty<lb/>of the press 2. the<lb/> publicity of judicial <lb/>proceedings</del> ]<lb/> judgments passed <lb/>on the <add>real</add> conduct of<lb/>persons on <add>real &</add> recent<lb/>occasions 1. by<lb/>authority of courts<lb/>of justice. 2. <del>by</del> <lb/>by the people at <lb/>large</note> | |||
<p>The force of the moral sanction in as far <lb/>depends upon extent turns upon two great hinges,<lb/> the <hi rend="underline">liberty of the press</hi>, and the <hi rend="underline">publicity</hi><lb/>of <add>the <del>transactions</del> proeedings in</add> <hi rend="underline">of courts of justice</hi>. The bar of the public is in<lb/>many cases the only tribunal before which the<lb/>offence can be brought in the first instance:<lb/>and as a court of appeal it is <del>the</del> a powerful<lb/>and <add>almost necessary</add> <del>salutory</del> check upon the proceedings of every<lb/>other. It is evident that the more <del>public any</del><lb/>widely the intelligence of any misconduct, [of<lb/>whatever nature it be whether of the number of<lb/>those of which the laws <del>may</del> ought or of those<lb/>of which they ought not to take cognizance] is<lb/>spread among the people, the more certain,<lb/></p> <note>and</note><lb/><pb/> | |||
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Indirect Legislation § 3
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with regard to power of the mechanical kind: extent
as analogous to quantity of matter: it's force
or momentum consists of the one multiplied
into the other. The former latter of these dimensions
is that which is most open to admensurement
Strength of disapprobation is an undefined and a variable and
undefinable object: but numbers may be counted
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Its force in point
of extent depends
upon [1. the liberty
of the press 2. the
publicity of judicial
proceedings ]
judgments passed
on the real conduct of
persons on real & recent
occasions 1. by
authority of courts
of justice. 2. by
by the people at
large
The force of the moral sanction in as far
depends upon extent turns upon two great hinges,
the liberty of the press, and the publicity
of the transactions proeedings in of courts of justice. The bar of the public is in
many cases the only tribunal before which the
offence can be brought in the first instance:
and as a court of appeal it is the a powerful
and almost necessary salutory check upon the proceedings of every
other. It is evident that the more public any
widely the intelligence of any misconduct, [of
whatever nature it be whether of the number of
those of which the laws may ought or of those
of which they ought not to take cognizance] is
spread among the people, the more certain,
and
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