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<p><!-- pencil -->20 Feb. 1810<lb/> | |||
<!-- pencil --><head>Sinecures</head></p> | |||
<p>Now suppose a demand to have presented itself,<lb/> | |||
and <del>in</del> for the satisfying of it no fund to be in existence<lb/> | |||
but the Sinecure fund.</p> | |||
<p>But, if it be in possession only that Sinecures<lb/> | |||
are to be granted, the consequence is that every where<lb/> | |||
it will the chances are in great multitude against <add>it as <unclear>soever</unclear> possible to any <gap/> money</add><lb/> | |||
one that the demand shall not for an indefinite<lb/> | |||
length of time, find anything <add>in hand</add> to satisfy it.</p> | |||
<p><add>In this case</add> By the supposition <del><gap/></del> <add>in</add> reversion no Sinecure<lb/> | |||
whatever can be granted.</p> | |||
<p>But in this supposition, from <add>out of</add> the Sinecure<lb/> | |||
fund, towards satisfying the demand nothing more<lb/> | |||
nor better can be granted than a sort of promise<lb/> | |||
having for its object the raising an expectation either<lb/> | |||
of some Sinecure in particular on its becoming vacant,<lb/> | |||
or of the next sinecure that shall come to be vacant<lb/> | |||
or the next but one, and so on, not exceeding <del>a <gap/></del> <add>such or</add><lb/> | |||
such a value.</p> | |||
<p>But as years may elapse before a sinecure<lb/> | |||
of a value <add><del>is</del> regard as</add> adapted to the case may happen to become<lb/> | |||
vacant, if <del>an ex</del> by an expectation of this sort the<lb/> | |||
person in question can be satisfied, this very circumstance<lb/> | |||
seems to afford a pretty ample proof <add>considerable presumption at least</add> that the demand<lb/> | |||
is not of a pressing kind <del><gap/></del> in a word that is rather<lb/> | |||
imaginary than real – that the person may do very<lb/> | |||
well without the money and that <del>it</del> so far as this case is<lb/> | |||
concerned it might be as well there were no such thing<lb/> | |||
as Sinecures.</p> | |||
<p>Certain it is that a promise of this sort is not a thing<lb/> | |||
to go to market with<hi rend="superscript">⊞</hi> <note><hi rend="superscript">⊞</hi> The person to whom<lb/> | |||
the promise is made<lb/> | |||
may die.<lb/> | |||
<del><hi rend="superscript">⊞</hi></del> The King may die<lb/> | |||
the <add>promising</add> Minister may die,<lb/> | |||
the Minister may go<lb/> | |||
out of place or change<lb/> | |||
his place: to either it<lb/> | |||
may happen to forget<lb/> | |||
the promise.</note> Not a penny <add>down upon the <gap/></add> certain could be <unclear>raised</unclear>.</p> | |||
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20 Feb. 1810
Sinecures
Now suppose a demand to have presented itself,
and in for the satisfying of it no fund to be in existence
but the Sinecure fund.
But, if it be in possession only that Sinecures
are to be granted, the consequence is that every where
it will the chances are in great multitude against it as soever possible to any money
one that the demand shall not for an indefinite
length of time, find anything in hand to satisfy it.
In this case By the supposition in reversion no Sinecure
whatever can be granted.
But in this supposition, from out of the Sinecure
fund, towards satisfying the demand nothing more
nor better can be granted than a sort of promise
having for its object the raising an expectation either
of some Sinecure in particular on its becoming vacant,
or of the next sinecure that shall come to be vacant
or the next but one, and so on, not exceeding a such or
such a value.
But as years may elapse before a sinecure
of a value is regard as adapted to the case may happen to become
vacant, if an ex by an expectation of this sort the
person in question can be satisfied, this very circumstance
seems to afford a pretty ample proof considerable presumption at least that the demand
is not of a pressing kind in a word that is rather
imaginary than real – that the person may do very
well without the money and that it so far as this case is
concerned it might be as well there were no such thing
as Sinecures.
Certain it is that a promise of this sort is not a thing
to go to market with⊞ ⊞ The person to whom
the promise is made
may die.
⊞ The King may die
the promising Minister may die,
the Minister may go
out of place or change
his place: to either it
may happen to forget
the promise. Not a penny down upon the certain could be raised.
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