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<p>Lord <hi rend="underline">Auckland</hi> to Bentham<lb/>Eden Farm Jan<hi rend="superscript">y</hi> 10<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> 1800</p> | |||
<p>"Sir</p> | |||
<p>"I return your papers with sincere thanks.<lb/> The Perusal of them has been both amusing & instructive<lb/>to me, & yet I did not want the aid of your acuteness<lb/>& abilities to enable me to see that the project in<lb/> question is a fallacy. The statement however both<lb/>in its original & corrected publication, carries<lb/> with it an air of such earnestness & right meaning,<lb/>that its author appears to me to have deceived<lb/>himself before he exerted his ingenuity to <lb/>deceive others—</p> | |||
<p>"If the notes proposed to be issued are to<lb/> be payable on demand, I do not see how they<lb/> differ from any other circulating Paper,<lb/> dependant partly on Confidence, & partly on a<lb/> lodged security—If they are not to be payable<lb/>on demand, it is evident that they<lb/>cannot obtain a circulation, & the project<lb/>of course will be abortive.</p> | |||
<p>"I have reason to believe that there exists<lb/>no doubt in the Quarter to which you<del>r</del> appear <add>to</add></p> | |||
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Lord Auckland to Bentham
Eden Farm Jany 10th 1800
"Sir
"I return your papers with sincere thanks.
The Perusal of them has been both amusing & instructive
to me, & yet I did not want the aid of your acuteness
& abilities to enable me to see that the project in
question is a fallacy. The statement however both
in its original & corrected publication, carries
with it an air of such earnestness & right meaning,
that its author appears to me to have deceived
himself before he exerted his ingenuity to
deceive others—
"If the notes proposed to be issued are to
be payable on demand, I do not see how they
differ from any other circulating Paper,
dependant partly on Confidence, & partly on a
lodged security—If they are not to be payable
on demand, it is evident that they
cannot obtain a circulation, & the project
of course will be abortive.
"I have reason to believe that there exists
no doubt in the Quarter to which your appear to
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letter 1491, vol. 6; also printed in stark, ii, 43 |
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