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<p><note><!-- symbol --> 4. <gap/> defects</note><!-- written in pencil --> (a)<!-- written in pencil --> <del>In</del> In the infancy of society , when every thing | |||
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was in miniature , this security measure might in | |||
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general be sufficient . When <add>a</add> <del>one</del> sentence <add>was enough</add> <del>served</del> | |||
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for a conveyance , a day might <del>serve</del> <add>be enough</add> for a | |||
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trial . A sentence serves for a conveyance still : | |||
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though that sentence would <add>often</add> fill a volume , and | |||
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costs <del>the price of</del> <add>as much as</add> many thousand volumes : for | |||
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<del>sentences are made of stretching leather . the</del> <add>lawyer's sentences are made of the same leather with their</add> | |||
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<add>consciences.</add> Juryman's day is not <add>Unfortunately the</add> <del>equally</del> <add>alike</add> flexible . <add><del>English</del></add> Lawyers , <del>have</del> by a geometry of their own , have | |||
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<del>continued to make a <hi rend='underline'>term</hi> equal of</del> a <hi rend='underline'>day</hi> : but <add>found the secret of <del>making</del> <add>reducing</add> a <hi rend='underline'>term</hi> of<!-- <unclear>of</unclear> if --> a month to <add>the scantling</add> <del>more than</del></add> | |||
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<add>the powers of gibberish</add> <del>their art</del> have not gone so far as to <del>make</del> <add>expand</add> a | |||
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day <add>to the <add>bulk</add> <del>demon as</del> of</add> <del>equal to</del> a term. The Juryman's day | |||
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has retained its <del>dim</del> original dimensions : and | |||
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so have the understandings of lawyers , and of | |||
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legislators blended and led by lawyers. <add>Here as elsewhere , it</add> <del>It</del> is | |||
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for inexperience to give law to experience , barbarity | |||
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to civilization : what was at first tolerable , when | |||
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it has ceased to be so , <add>mounts <del><gap/></del> aloft , and</add> becomes adorable. | |||
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4 Juries Note to p.4
4. defects (a) In In the infancy of society , when every thing
was in miniature , this security measure might in
general be sufficient . When a one sentence was enough served
for a conveyance , a day might serve be enough for a
trial . A sentence serves for a conveyance still :
though that sentence would often fill a volume , and
costs the price of as much as many thousand volumes : for
sentences are made of stretching leather . the lawyer's sentences are made of the same leather with their
consciences. Juryman's day is not Unfortunately the equally alike flexible . English Lawyers , have by a geometry of their own , have
continued to make a term equal of a day : but found the secret of making <add>reducing a term of a month to the scantling more than</add>
the powers of gibberish their art have not gone so far as to make expand a
day to the <add>bulk demon as of</add> equal to a term. The Juryman's day
has retained its dim original dimensions : and
so have the understandings of lawyers , and of
legislators blended and led by lawyers. Here as elsewhere , it It is
for inexperience to give law to experience , barbarity
to civilization : what was at first tolerable , when
it has ceased to be so , mounts aloft , and becomes adorable.
Identifier: | JB/035/041/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35. |
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035 |
constitutional code; evidence; procedure code |
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001 |
note to p. 4 |
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jeremy bentham |
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