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who <unclear>lifted</unclear><lb/> | who <unclear>lifted</unclear><lb/> | ||
up their voices<add>chanted thanks</add><lb/> | up their voices<add>chanted thanks</add><lb/> | ||
<add>giving</add> to heaven in<lb/> | |||
thanksgiving,<lb/> | thanksgiving,<lb/> | ||
for his Majesty's<lb/> | for his Majesty's<lb/> | ||
recovery satiate<lb/> | recovery satiate<lb/> | ||
his Minister's<lb/> | his Minister's<lb/> | ||
thirst for glory.<lb/> | |||
Let him give up<lb/> | Let him give up<lb/> | ||
his war, he<lb/> | his war, he<lb/> | ||
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him to the insipidity<lb/> | him to the insipidity<lb/> | ||
of innocence<lb/> | of innocence<lb/> | ||
and | and <unclear>peace</unclear><lb/> | ||
< | I would not grudge<lb/> | ||
it him</p> | it him</p> | ||
<p>It | <p>It requires<lb/> | ||
wisdom to keep<lb/> | wisdom to keep<lb/> | ||
the world cool:<lb/> | the world cool:<lb/> | ||
but the silliest<lb/> | |||
of boys may set<lb/> | of boys may set<lb/> | ||
it on fire.</p><pb/> | it on fire.</p><pb/> | ||
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to the most flagrant<lb/> | to the most flagrant<lb/> | ||
profusion<lb/> | profusion<lb/> | ||
an <unclear>enemy</unclear><lb/> | |||
other time <gap/><lb/> | other time <gap/><lb/> | ||
other profusion<lb/> | other profusion<lb/> | ||
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<p>To think that<lb/> | <p>To think that<lb/> | ||
all our | all our lives<lb/> | ||
the heavy burthens<lb/> | the heavy burthens<lb/> | ||
we | we groan under<lb/> | ||
have had this<lb/> | have had this<lb/> | ||
feeling for their<lb/> | |||
course - that<lb/> | course - that<lb/> | ||
had we kept <lb/> | |||
clear of this<lb/> | clear of this<lb/> | ||
we should have<lb/> | we should have<lb/> | ||
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them! - that<lb/> | them! - that<lb/> | ||
if we can prevail<lb/> | if we can prevail<lb/> | ||
upon | upon ourselves<lb/> | ||
to keep<lb/> | |||
clear of it we<lb/> | clear of it we<lb/> | ||
shall have some<lb/> | shall have some<lb/> | ||
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shapes &c that we<lb/> | shapes &c that we<lb/> | ||
dont want, for<lb/> | dont want, for<lb/> | ||
shew — only because<lb/> | <sic>shew</sic> — only because<lb/> | ||
we have<lb/> | we have<lb/> | ||
kept them so long<lb/> | kept them so long<lb/> | ||
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be supposed to keep<lb/> | be supposed to keep<lb/> | ||
<gap/> for whole<lb/> | <gap/> for whole<lb/> | ||
and because | and because hound<lb/> | ||
& <gap/> were kept<lb/> | & <gap/> were kept<lb/> | ||
by his predecessors.</p> | by his predecessors.</p> | ||
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<p>To England every<lb/> | <p>To England every<lb/> | ||
<add>foreign part</add>places | <add>foreign part</add>places is a Tu<gap/></p> | ||
<p>Great preparation<lb/> | <p>Great preparation<lb/> | ||
in the hopes of doing<lb/> | in the hopes of doing<lb/> | ||
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Jack is a felon abominated<lb/> | Jack is a felon abominated<lb/> | ||
& hanged.</p><pb/> | & hanged.</p><pb/> | ||
<head>War. all unjust<lb/> | |||
because vicarious.</head> | |||
<p>In war vengeance<lb/> | |||
and punishment<lb/> | |||
are always <hi rend="underline">vicarious</hi>:<lb/> | |||
the unoffending<lb/> | |||
soldiers are killed<lb/> | |||
and unoffending <lb/> | |||
peasants &c plundered<lb/> | |||
for the offence<lb/> | |||
of the King<lb/> | |||
or the Minister</p> | |||
<p>K. of Sweden<lb/> | |||
should have fought<lb/> | |||
with a champion<lb/> | |||
named by the<lb/> | |||
E. of Russia -<lb/> | |||
ex.g. Pr. <unclear>Polionkia</unclear></p> | |||
<p>Statesmen who<lb/> | |||
promote war for<lb/> | |||
the sake of the <lb/> | |||
patronage & other<lb/> | |||
plunderers are<lb/> | |||
like the Thieftakers<lb/> | |||
who set<lb/> | |||
people to <sic>committ</sic><lb/> | |||
robberies that they<lb/> | |||
might have the<lb/> | |||
benefit of it</p> | |||
<p>Compare the<lb/> | |||
courts</p> | |||
<p><hi rend="underline"><gap/></hi> a man )(<lb/> | |||
to <hi rend="underline">check</hi> a nation.</p> | |||
—<lb/> | |||
<p>Mischief is suffered<lb/> | |||
in hopes<lb/> | |||
that mischief<lb/> | |||
may be done.</p> | |||
<p>The mischief<lb/> | |||
we do <add>to</add> ourselves<lb/> | |||
is not only the<lb/> | |||
greatest of the<lb/> | |||
two, but it comes )<lb/> | |||
first: what we<lb/> | |||
hope to do to others,<lb/> | |||
besides being<lb/> | |||
less is not only<lb/> | |||
contingent but<lb/> | |||
remote</p><pb/> | |||
<head>Our's a bad <unclear>united</unclear><lb/> | |||
of Louis 14<hi rend="superscript">th</hi>:</head> | |||
<p>By following (in<lb/> | |||
our treatment of<lb/> | |||
Denmark the example<lb/> | |||
of the<lb/> | |||
insolence of Louis<lb/> | |||
14 we shall become<lb/> | |||
as odious as he<lb/> | |||
was. The conquests<lb/> | |||
he made (being<lb/> | |||
contiguous) were<lb/> | |||
personally of advantage<lb/> | |||
to him how<lb/> | |||
much otherwise<lb/> | |||
to his subjects.<lb/> | |||
whereas no conquests<lb/> | |||
can be otherwise<lb/> | |||
than expensive and<lb/> | |||
mischievous to<lb/> | |||
us.</p> | |||
—<lb/> | |||
<p>A Japanese when<lb/> | |||
the is <add>conceives a</add> very angry<lb/> | |||
<add>partial enmity against</add>with a man rips<lb/> | |||
open his own<lb/> | |||
belly, in <add>confidence</add> hopes<lb/> | |||
that the other will<lb/> | |||
follow his example<lb/> | |||
This at least<lb/> | |||
- whether true or<lb/> | |||
no is what we are<lb/> | |||
told of them. This<lb/> | |||
we call insanity:<lb/> | |||
as prudence in comparison<lb/> | |||
with ours<lb/> | |||
The Japanese gets<lb/> | |||
stab <add>life for life</add>for stab: we<lb/> | |||
at the expence for<lb/> | |||
the stab we give ourselves<lb/> | |||
get but the<lb/> | |||
chance of giving a<lb/> | |||
scratch.</p> | |||
The Japan madness<lb/> | |||
is said to be<add>a</add><lb/><pb/> | |||
<p>A war-l<lb/> | |||
Minister -<lb/> | |||
than are ag<lb/> | |||
A warlike<lb/> | |||
in a nation<lb/> | |||
share a lea<lb/> | |||
assassinate<lb/> | |||
of assassi<lb/> | |||
for among<lb/> | |||
ishment<lb/> | |||
robbery <gap/><lb/> | |||
necessary to<lb/> | |||
existence of<lb/> | |||
Punishment<lb/> | |||
-don for revi<lb/> | |||
so. Ex.g.<lb/> | |||
of <gap/><lb/> | |||
Chapter whe<lb/> | |||
-tation <gap/><lb/> | |||
wonderfully.</p> | |||
—<lb/> | |||
Gibral<lb/> | |||
<p><del>Levant Tru</del><lb/> | |||
<del>cessary</del></p> | |||
<p>Kept up<lb/> | |||
-ecessary to<lb/> | |||
Levant to<lb/> | |||
which a <add>the exp</add><lb/> | |||
which really<lb/> | |||
necessary is</p> | |||
—<lb/> | |||
<p>National in<lb/> | |||
-haps it is<lb/> | |||
the thing ha<lb/> | |||
once: and the<lb/> | |||
residual ma<lb/> | |||
story. That<lb/> | |||
madness <gap/><lb/> | |||
one is true<lb/> | |||
dispute</p><pb/> | |||
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Would the blood
if all the innocents
[in the
Foundling Hospital]
who lifted
up their voiceschanted thanks
giving to heaven in
thanksgiving,
for his Majesty's
recovery satiate
his Minister's
thirst for glory.
Let him give up
his war, he
should have
my cheerful
vote for it
Would a hundred
thousand
a year [were
him to the envy
of probity and
peace] reconcile
him to the insipidity
of innocence
and peace
I would not grudge
it him
It requires
wisdom to keep
the world cool:
but the silliest
of boys may set
it on fire.
---page break---
The profession
of war makes
us miserable
to the most flagrant
profusion
an enemy
other time
other profusion
is to
this.
To think that
all our lives
the heavy burthens
we groan under
have had this
feeling for their
course - that
had we kept
clear of this
we should have
had none of
them! - that
if we can prevail
upon ourselves
to keep
clear of it we
shall have some
of them no future!
---page break---
We are to keep
shapes &c that we
dont want, for
shew — only because
we have
kept them so long
As a King would
keep hounds, and
be supposed to keep
for whole
and because hound
& were kept
by his predecessors.
—
The Boy of Turner
asked
he would have
burnt it for half
the money.
To England every
foreign partplaces is a Tu
Great preparation
in the hopes of doing
great mischief: if
the expedition fails
the money is gone:
if it succeeds, the
money is good still.
the mischiefloss by done by of the
fare never amounts
to the price of the
combustibles — Billush —
St. Malo St. Cas.
In different option
Pitt & Jack the Painter
act the same parts.
Pitt as a hero, drawn
by two-legged horses
pursued & ennobled
and bemented
Jack is a felon abominated
& hanged.
---page break---
War. all unjust
because vicarious.
In war vengeance
and punishment
are always vicarious:
the unoffending
soldiers are killed
and unoffending
peasants &c plundered
for the offence
of the King
or the Minister
K. of Sweden
should have fought
with a champion
named by the
E. of Russia -
ex.g. Pr. Polionkia
Statesmen who
promote war for
the sake of the
patronage & other
plunderers are
like the Thieftakers
who set
people to committ
robberies that they
might have the
benefit of it
Compare the
courts
a man )(
to check a nation.
—
Mischief is suffered
in hopes
that mischief
may be done.
The mischief
we do to ourselves
is not only the
greatest of the
two, but it comes )
first: what we
hope to do to others,
besides being
less is not only
contingent but
remote
---page break---
Our's a bad united
of Louis 14th:
By following (in
our treatment of
Denmark the example
of the
insolence of Louis
14 we shall become
as odious as he
was. The conquests
he made (being
contiguous) were
personally of advantage
to him how
much otherwise
to his subjects.
whereas no conquests
can be otherwise
than expensive and
mischievous to
us.
—
A Japanese when
the is conceives a very angry
partial enmity againstwith a man rips
open his own
belly, in confidence hopes
that the other will
follow his example
This at least
- whether true or
no is what we are
told of them. This
we call insanity:
as prudence in comparison
with ours
The Japanese gets
stab life for lifefor stab: we
at the expence for
the stab we give ourselves
get but the
chance of giving a
scratch.
The Japan madness
is said to bea
---page break---
A war-l
Minister -
than are ag
A warlike
in a nation
share a lea
assassinate
of assassi
for among
ishment
robbery
necessary to
existence of
Punishment
-don for revi
so. Ex.g.
of
Chapter whe
-tation
wonderfully.
—
Gibral
Levant Tru
cessary
Kept up
-ecessary to
Levant to
which a the exp
which really
necessary is
—
National in
-haps it is
the thing ha
once: and the
residual ma
story. That
madness
one is true
dispute
---page break---
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