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<note>3 Inseranda<lb/>Observations<lb/>II. Board<lb/>S.9<lb/>Country Commiss</note> | <note>3 Inseranda<lb/>Observations<lb/>II. Board<lb/>S.9<lb/>Country Commiss</note> | ||
<p>would be apt to yield to his <del>efforts</del> <add>importunity</add>, and suffer the<lb/>unfit person, notwithstanding his unfitness, to continue<lb/>unremoved. Were both powers in the hands<lb/>of the Country Gentleman, the difficulty of getting<lb/>rid of an unfit officer would be apt to be still<lb/>greater. <del>Render</del> Resting on himself and on himself<lb/> alone, the task of taking away with one<lb/>hand the bread <add>naturally a man</add> <del>be</del> had been giving with the<lb/>other, would <del>to most men</del> be a most <add>irksome</add> <del>invidious<lb/>and irksome</del> <add>as well as invidious</add> task: <del>a</del> task too irksome to be<lb/>encountered, under any necessity less urgent than<lb/> what would be produced by <add>some</add> notorious and<lb/> specific instance of criminality on the part of the<lb/>subordinate. The individual — the Country Gentleman<lb/>— might, it is true, be less apt to make<lb/>an improper nomination, than the public body<lb/>— the Board: but having made such a nomination,<lb/>it would, generally speaking, be still<lb/> more difficult for him, than for the Board, to<lb/>repair the mischief of it. A Board is a screen:<lb/>and so thick a screen, that <add>not only</add> good <del>and ill</del> desert of<lb/>every kind but ill desert of every degree short<lb/>of <del>punishable</del> specific and flagrant criminality<lb/><del>are</del> <add>may be</add> equally hid from every eye to which it is<lb/> opposed. <del>Good man</del> The right use of this<lb/>screen consists in <del>withholding it <gap/></del> opposing<lb/>it to every eye the <del>influence</del> <add><del>and person</del> scrutiny</add> of which<lb/>would be prejudicial, removing it out of the<lb/>way of every eye <add>+ <del>situated as though the | <p>would be apt to yield to his <del>efforts</del> <add>importunity</add>, and suffer the<lb/>unfit person, notwithstanding his unfitness, to continue<lb/>unremoved. Were both powers in the hands<lb/>of the Country Gentleman, the difficulty of getting<lb/>rid of an unfit officer would be apt to be still<lb/>greater. <del>Render</del> Resting on himself and on himself<lb/> alone, the task of taking away with one<lb/>hand the bread <add>naturally a man</add> <del>be</del> had been giving with the<lb/>other, would <del>to most men</del> be a most <add>irksome</add> <del>invidious<lb/>and irksome</del> <add>as well as invidious</add> task: <del>a</del> task too irksome to be<lb/>encountered, under any necessity less urgent than<lb/> what would be produced by <add>some</add> notorious and<lb/> specific instance of criminality on the part of the<lb/>subordinate. The individual — the Country Gentleman<lb/>— might, it is true, be less apt to make<lb/>an improper nomination, than the public body<lb/>— the Board: but having made such a nomination,<lb/>it would, generally speaking, be still<lb/> more difficult for him, than for the Board, to<lb/>repair the mischief of it. A Board is a screen:<lb/>and so thick a screen, that <add>not only</add> good <del>and ill</del> desert of<lb/>every kind but ill desert of every degree short<lb/>of <del>punishable</del> specific and flagrant criminality<lb/><del>are</del> <add>may be</add> equally hid from every eye to which it is<lb/> opposed. <del>Good man</del> The right use of this<lb/>screen consists in <del>withholding it <gap/></del> opposing<lb/>it to every eye the <del>influence</del> <add><del>and person</del> scrutiny</add> of which<lb/>would be prejudicial, removing it out of the<lb/>way of every eye <add>+ <del>situated as though the scrutiny of it promises the</del></add> <del>the scrutiny of which will be</del><lb/> beneficial, to the public service.</p> | ||
<note>+ situated in a <lb/>position where the<lb/>inspection exercised<lb/>by it promises to be</note> | <note>+ situated in a <lb/>position where the<lb/>inspection exercised<lb/>by it promises to be</note> | ||
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3 Inseranda
Observations
II. Board
S.9
Country Commiss
would be apt to yield to his efforts importunity, and suffer the
unfit person, notwithstanding his unfitness, to continue
unremoved. Were both powers in the hands
of the Country Gentleman, the difficulty of getting
rid of an unfit officer would be apt to be still
greater. Render Resting on himself and on himself
alone, the task of taking away with one
hand the bread naturally a man be had been giving with the
other, would to most men be a most irksome invidious
and irksome as well as invidious task: a task too irksome to be
encountered, under any necessity less urgent than
what would be produced by some notorious and
specific instance of criminality on the part of the
subordinate. The individual — the Country Gentleman
— might, it is true, be less apt to make
an improper nomination, than the public body
— the Board: but having made such a nomination,
it would, generally speaking, be still
more difficult for him, than for the Board, to
repair the mischief of it. A Board is a screen:
and so thick a screen, that not only good and ill desert of
every kind but ill desert of every degree short
of punishable specific and flagrant criminality
are may be equally hid from every eye to which it is
opposed. Good man The right use of this
screen consists in withholding it opposing
it to every eye the influence and person scrutiny of which
would be prejudicial, removing it out of the
way of every eye + situated as though the scrutiny of it promises the the scrutiny of which will be
beneficial, to the public service.
+ situated in a
position where the
inspection exercised
by it promises to be
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