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' | <p>A title <del>must not descend without an income to support</del><lb/> | ||
at least a title importing power as well as honour<lb/> | |||
must not descend without an income to support it,<lb/> | |||
but in your happier and more enlightened nation<lb/> | |||
the title would be made to give way to national<lb/> | |||
utility not national utility to the title.</p> | |||
<p>"But a title without wealth to support it is<lb/> | |||
"a burthen" – I doubt it. A titled man without<lb/> | |||
wealth is certainly not so well off as a man who<lb/> | |||
has both wealth and title. But a titled man<lb/> | |||
without wealth is better off than a <del>poor</del> man<lb/> | |||
who has neither <del>wealth nor title.</del> <add>one nor t'other.</add> A title draws<lb/> | |||
wealth after it: a title tells in marriage: and every other line of advancement: a titleless<lb/> | |||
destruction and advantages which <del>are</del> even<lb/> | |||
wealth can scarcely purchase. The question however<lb/> | |||
is scarce worth discussing. You have a<lb/> | |||
short way of getting rid of it, which is by making<lb/> | |||
the title share the fate of the estate. I shall<lb/> | |||
have occasion to <del>present</del> <add>offer you</add> further reason for<lb/> | |||
adopting this expedient and that upon a more<lb/> | |||
extended scale, when I come to the inexhaustible<lb/> | |||
source of depredation, alms giving to titled beggary.</p> | |||
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A title must not descend without an income to support
at least a title importing power as well as honour
must not descend without an income to support it,
but in your happier and more enlightened nation
the title would be made to give way to national
utility not national utility to the title.
"But a title without wealth to support it is
"a burthen" – I doubt it. A titled man without
wealth is certainly not so well off as a man who
has both wealth and title. But a titled man
without wealth is better off than a poor man
who has neither wealth nor title. one nor t'other. A title draws
wealth after it: a title tells in marriage: and every other line of advancement: a titleless
destruction and advantages which are even
wealth can scarcely purchase. The question however
is scarce worth discussing. You have a
short way of getting rid of it, which is by making
the title share the fate of the estate. I shall
have occasion to present offer you further reason for
adopting this expedient and that upon a more
extended scale, when I come to the inexhaustible
source of depredation, alms giving to titled beggary.
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jeremy bentham |
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see note to letter 680, vol. 4 |
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