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< | <p>an one, for myself as well as for the public, that not<lb/>win the privilege of making a fresh choice of my<lb/>own, was ever capable of drawing off my wishes,<lb/>from a ready made one which nobody could blame<lb/>me for, and nobody, as I thought, <del><gap/></del> refuse me.<lb/>Hard it would be upon me indeed, if the being so<lb/>perfectly contented with the lot, which I conceived<lb/>had fallen to me; should be considered as a ground<lb/>of censure. What, if instead of being so contented<lb/>as I am with this spot, for my thousand prisoners,<lb/>for another thousand, or for any number<lb/>I can have a prospect of, I had asked for another spot, in lieu of the old one, or, as the last<lb/>set of Supervisors did, in addition to it, as not<lb/>thinking it large enough for the reception of 300<lb/>females in addition to the 600 males?</p> | ||
<p>No, Sir, neither on this occasion nor on any<lb/>other, do I give myself as one, who, where<lb/>honour is not concerned or some satisfaction that<lb/>money will not buy, is in the smallest degree less<lb/>attentive to personal interest, no not to pecuniary<lb/>interest, than the passenger who is passing by your<lb/>window: or that accordingly were damage to<lb/>happen to me; by the act of government, without<lb/>any concurrence of mine, I should feel the smallest</p> | |||
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an one, for myself as well as for the public, that not
win the privilege of making a fresh choice of my
own, was ever capable of drawing off my wishes,
from a ready made one which nobody could blame
me for, and nobody, as I thought, refuse me.
Hard it would be upon me indeed, if the being so
perfectly contented with the lot, which I conceived
had fallen to me; should be considered as a ground
of censure. What, if instead of being so contented
as I am with this spot, for my thousand prisoners,
for another thousand, or for any number
I can have a prospect of, I had asked for another spot, in lieu of the old one, or, as the last
set of Supervisors did, in addition to it, as not
thinking it large enough for the reception of 300
females in addition to the 600 males?
No, Sir, neither on this occasion nor on any
other, do I give myself as one, who, where
honour is not concerned or some satisfaction that
money will not buy, is in the smallest degree less
attentive to personal interest, no not to pecuniary
interest, than the passenger who is passing by your
window: or that accordingly were damage to
happen to me; by the act of government, without
any concurrence of mine, I should feel the smallest
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letter 988, vol. 5 |
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