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<p>the same name. A name <del>is of no</del> <add>given to a man</add> answers<lb/> | |||
its purpose no further than in as far as it serves<lb/> | |||
to distinguish him from all those with whom<lb/> | |||
he is liable to be confounded: <add>and</add> now but for this<lb/> | |||
necessary invention every man would be liable<lb/> | |||
to be confounded with every other. As it is a<lb/> | |||
man is <add>actually</add> liable to be confounded with every other<lb/> | |||
<del>who bears</del> <add>man if</add> the same name in the minds of <add>all</add> those<lb/> | |||
to whom either are unknown. According to the present<lb/> | |||
system of things [it unfortunately happens<lb/> | |||
that] many thousands of persons [are <add>shall be</add> in many<lb/> | |||
instances] called by the same name. This is<lb/> | |||
the case more or less in every country in Europe.<lb/> | |||
It is evident that this could not have been otherwise<lb/> | |||
without the interference of authority. The<lb/> | |||
circumstance that recommended a name to one<lb/> | |||
man would recommend it to another. Hence<lb/> | |||
a multitude of inconveniences are continually arising.<lb/> | |||
The infamy or the honour, the profit<lb/> | |||
or the loss, the trouble or the inconvenience which<lb/> | |||
belongs to John is bestowed upon another John<lb/> | |||
to whom it is as little due as it is to Peter.</p> | |||
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the same name. A name is of no given to a man answers
its purpose no further than in as far as it serves
to distinguish him from all those with whom
he is liable to be confounded: and now but for this
necessary invention every man would be liable
to be confounded with every other. As it is a
man is actually liable to be confounded with every other
who bears man if the same name in the minds of all those
to whom either are unknown. According to the present
system of things [it unfortunately happens
that] many thousands of persons [are shall be in many
instances] called by the same name. This is
the case more or less in every country in Europe.
It is evident that this could not have been otherwise
without the interference of authority. The
circumstance that recommended a name to one
man would recommend it to another. Hence
a multitude of inconveniences are continually arising.
The infamy or the honour, the profit
or the loss, the trouble or the inconvenience which
belongs to John is bestowed upon another John
to whom it is as little due as it is to Peter.
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