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<head>4. July 1800</head><!-- in pencil --> | |||
<head>Annuity Notes</head><!-- in pencil. Unsure whether this is to be treated as a heading or to be used as a marginal note only. Please amend as necessary. --> | |||
<head>To Pitt</head><!-- in pencil. Unsure whether this is to be treated as a heading or to be used as a marginal note only. Please amend as necessary. --> | |||
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the skeleton of a proposed measure, [<!-- open bracket and deletion in pencil --><del>the objects</del> <add>title <add><unclear>entitled</unclear></add></add> <del>as well as | |||
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subject matter of which are</del> <add><del>used not here be <unclear>reported,</unclear><!-- or, reprised ? --></del></add> <del>sufficiently apparent</del> | |||
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<p><!-- indented -->I <sic>submitt</sic> <sic>its</sic> in this its <unclear><sic>realisd</sic></unclear> state , <del>unsupported</del> <add>without <del>any</del></add> | |||
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support <add><del><unclear>by reasons</unclear>,</del></add> from argument : because <del>to you</del> , for <unclear>one</unclear> <!-- or 'our'? --><unclear>done</unclear> | |||
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of th<del>e</del><!-- looks as though something was deleted or amended, most likely a partial letter or two was changed, though the last letter or two is indistinguishable to me. Could this word be 'these' ? --> sort that might be <del><unclear>useful</unclear></del> <add><del><unclear><gap/></unclear><del><!-- 'necessary' ? --> <add>of use</add></add> <unclear>this</unclear><!-- or, 'there' --> might be twenty | |||
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<unclear>thus</unclear><!-- or, third ? -->, would <add>to you</add> be superfluous , and repulsive . [+] <note><add>[+]</add> You will scarce but upon a <unclear>jurist</unclear><!-- or, purist --> I believe , that has not received some consideration : whatsoever <del><unclear>use</unclear> might be</del> <add><del>degree of</del></add> <del>the</del> <add>sort of</add> judgement <del>that has</del> <add><del>grounded</del> been <del>on it</del> may have</add> the result of it .</note> | |||
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<p><!-- indented -->On the <unclear>use</unclear> of utility <add>useful efficacy</add> or practicability, if I | |||
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were fortunate<del>ly</del> enough to learn , in relation to what points | |||
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it appeared <add>upon a first <del><gap/></del><!-- 'visi' - I think the word 'vision' was intended here but was unfinished and changed to 'glance' --> glance</add> objectionable to you , I would in any <del>future</del> <add>subsequent</add> | |||
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communication <del>on the subject</del> confine myself to these | |||
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points . <!-- The next sentence in square brackets is deleted through in pencil, so has been enclosed in delete tags. Amend this as necessary -->[<del>Under both these heads after <unclear>as</unclear> <unclear>are</unclear> <unclear>pretty</unclear> close | |||
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<unclear>accumulation</unclear> of about 1 1/2<!-- the half written as a fraction --> year , I must confess myself | |||
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not to want for <add><unclear>firstly</unclear> <unclear>with</unclear><!-- or, 'will' --> <sic><unclear>assured</unclear></sic><!-- or 'afford' --></add> confidence</del>.]</p> | |||
<p><!-- indented -->Any <del>apprehensions <unclear>points</unclear> much more strongly to</del> <add>our measures look much more apprehensively to</add> | |||
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the kind of <hi rend="underline">non—necessity</hi>: regarding the measures that | |||
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under your Administration have been <unclear>taken</unclear> with regard | |||
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to the <del>capital</del> <add>principal</add> point, the reduction of the National Debt, | |||
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as possessed of a <!-- An insert symbol has been written in pen beneath the line at this point, then deleted it would appear. Amend as necessary. --><add>by far</add> — <del>much</del> more rapid degree of efficacy, than | |||
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I have seen <sic>any where</sic> <del>ascribed</del> <add>attributed</add> to them<unclear>:</unclear><!-- I'm unsure whether the dot and dash underneath are supposed to be a colon or n-dash prior to the inserted note. Amend as necessary. --> <note>Possibly , I will venture to <unclear>say,</unclear><!-- or, any? -->, <add><del><hi rend='superscript'>+</hi></del></add> <del>possibly</del> <unclear>these even</unclear> you yourself may have yet <unclear>seen</unclear><!-- or, 'some' --> reason to | |||
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ascribe — <del>venture to it</del> <del><add><unclear>refuse</unclear> from it the</add></del> <del><gap/><!-- it seems to me that on the previous line Bentham wrote the first letters of the word ascribe (ie. as) then initially carried on the following line, with -cribe to it:, before deleting this, and writing ascribe in full on the previous line (which is why it's slanting/added in different pen. Should -cribe therefore be added again on this line (if it's written in full on the previous line? --> to it</del>: In this point of view there might possibly also be some use in your Customary a <gap/> <del>testing a view of this</del> upon the <gap/> <del>prospect</del> before it met the public eye.</note> But this, | |||
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<add>I <unclear>spent days</unclear></add> though <add>however</add> the <unclear>principal</unclear> object: <del>if the proposed plan</del> <add>but this <unclear>principal</unclear> one</add>, is by | |||
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no means the only one. | |||
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<p>To look <add>deep <del>fear</del> and wider and steadily</add> <gap/> into <gap/> requires more leisure <add><del>time</del></add>, | |||
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than, a man <add>the <gap/></add> on whose <gap/><add><del>attention</del> <add><del>directions</del></add> <add>attention</add> the present depends <add><del><unclear>terms</unclear></del> <del><unclear>rests</unclear></del></add> | |||
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can <del>will</del> <add>easily</add> <gap/>. To <del>me</del> <add><del><unclear>mean</unclear></del> <add>me</add></add>, <gap/> at last has not been | |||
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wanting, however it be with other <unclear>requisites</unclear>.</p> | |||
<p>A Map of <gap/> even though drawn by an masterful | |||
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hand, may not be without its use, even to a <add>the most</add> skillful | |||
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eye: <del>because</del> for in a <del><gap/></del> <add>truth</add> so <sic>wen</sic> the first <del>attempt</del> <del><add><gap/></add></del> | |||
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<del>conquers</del> <add><del>maps conquer</del> efforts conquer</add> the greatest difficulty: and correct views are | |||
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often suggested by erroenous ones. <del>to a correct view</del> | |||
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4. July 1800
Annuity Notes
To Pitt
Sir
Enclosed I take the liberty of submitting to you
the skeleton of a proposed measure, [the objects title <add>entitled</add> as well as
subject matter of which are used not here be reported, sufficiently apparent
I submitt its in this its realisd state , unsupported without any
support by reasons, from argument : because to you , for one done
of the sort that might be useful <add>of use
thus, would to you be superfluous , and repulsive . [+] [+] You will scarce but upon a jurist I believe , that has not received some consideration : whatsoever use might be degree of the sort of judgement that has grounded been on it may have the result of it .
On the use of utility useful efficacy or practicability, if I
were fortunately enough to learn , in relation to what points
it appeared upon a first glance objectionable to you , I would in any future subsequent
communication on the subject confine myself to these
points . [Under both these heads after as are pretty close
accumulation of about 1 1/2 year , I must confess myself
not to want for firstly with assured confidence.]
Any apprehensions points much more strongly to our measures look much more apprehensively to
the kind of non—necessity: regarding the measures that
under your Administration have been taken with regard
to the capital principal point, the reduction of the National Debt,
as possessed of a by far — much more rapid degree of efficacy, than
I have seen any where ascribed attributed to them: Possibly , I will venture to say,, + possibly these even you yourself may have yet seen reason to
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ascribe — venture to it refuse from it the to it: In this point of view there might possibly also be some use in your Customary a testing a view of this upon the prospect before it met the public eye. But this,
I spent days though however the principal object: if the proposed plan but this principal one, is by
no means the only one.
To look deep fear and wider and steadily into requires more leisure time,
than, a man the on whose attention <add>directions attention the present depends terms rests
can will easily . To me mean <add>me</add>, at last has not been
wanting, however it be with other requisites.
A Map of even though drawn by an masterful
hand, may not be without its use, even to a the most skillful
eye: because for in a truth so wen the first attempt
conquers maps conquer efforts conquer the greatest difficulty: and correct views are
often suggested by erroenous ones. to a correct view
