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<p>(As to) the <hi rend="underline">marginal-contenting</hi> it is a sort of hobby-horse exercise<lb/> | |||
of mine, which the weakness of my <del>mental</del> frame forces me to<lb/> | |||
practise upon all occasions: upon molehills as well as upon<lb/> | |||
mountains; upon sheets as well as upon volumes: so that without<lb/> | |||
it I can never make <add>fancy</add> myself master of any thing I either<lb/> | |||
write or read. The result of it <add>It must</add> I think can not <add>be of some convenience</add> be entirely<lb/> | |||
useless to minds of stronger grasp, finding it necessary to my<lb/> | |||
own.</p> | |||
<p>Since I was at Shelburne-house the nature of my design<lb/> | |||
has led me to bestow upon the constitutional branch of the law<lb/> | |||
a (more particular) share of attention (than before) which (attention)<lb/> | |||
has certainly not been the less sollicitous for a hint which fell from<lb/> | |||
your Lordship on that subject. <del>My way was</del> Pursuing the order<lb/> | |||
of tradition which in many respects is a very different thing from the<lb/> | |||
order of investigation, my way is first to represent what is<lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">possible</hi>, next what is <hi rend="underline">eligible</hi>, and lastly what is established. The<lb/> | |||
first object I have got pretty well within my grasp, having<lb/> | |||
drawn a circle, as I think, round the possible modifications which<lb/> | |||
the powers of government admitt of: and this is all that is<lb/> | |||
necessary or indeed pertinent to the purpose of the volume I<lb/> | |||
am upon. These are things which are not done in a day,<lb/> | |||
my Lord: and yet in point of extent it has been but a parenthesis,<lb/> | |||
as in point of difficulty it has been but an amusement<lb/> | |||
in comparison of the other contents of a provoking chapter which<lb/> | |||
still sticks with me.</p> | |||
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(As to) the marginal-contenting it is a sort of hobby-horse exercise
of mine, which the weakness of my mental frame forces me to
practise upon all occasions: upon molehills as well as upon
mountains; upon sheets as well as upon volumes: so that without
it I can never make fancy myself master of any thing I either
write or read. The result of it It must I think can not be of some convenience be entirely
useless to minds of stronger grasp, finding it necessary to my
own.
Since I was at Shelburne-house the nature of my design
has led me to bestow upon the constitutional branch of the law
a (more particular) share of attention (than before) which (attention)
has certainly not been the less sollicitous for a hint which fell from
your Lordship on that subject. My way was Pursuing the order
of tradition which in many respects is a very different thing from the
order of investigation, my way is first to represent what is
possible, next what is eligible, and lastly what is established. The
first object I have got pretty well within my grasp, having
drawn a circle, as I think, round the possible modifications which
the powers of government admitt of: and this is all that is
necessary or indeed pertinent to the purpose of the volume I
am upon. These are things which are not done in a day,
my Lord: and yet in point of extent it has been but a parenthesis,
as in point of difficulty it has been but an amusement
in comparison of the other contents of a provoking chapter which
still sticks with me.
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