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2 Feb. 1810
Sinecures

The case is that In short when a "great character" is finds himself placed in
"a high situation" if the situation be but high enough
what is the exact level seems not as yet determined, but
perhaps some the next another future libel to cause may inform us,
do what he will it is impossible for him to lower himself:
and as for money money's lowering him, you might as
well expect an air-balloon to lower him. Put him
into an air balloon every ounce of measure of hydrogen
gas you introduce into it the balloon contributes its share share towards
raising him: and so do put him place him at a
board or upon a bench, every penny you put into
his pocket or let suffer him to put into his pocket contributes
to the same desirable and pleasant purpose.

When Edmund Burke had proceeded got a certain
length with what he called was pleased to call his Economy Bill, a the
as we see complaint in his pamphlet was that he
found it at a stand – any why? because the King's
prompt was a Member of Parliament of which House he has not told us. This shows
hence at any rate we learn that so long as it could not be said of him that he had
done his duty, provided always that he was paid for doing it the great character in question had no
objection to found it as more degradation to be a turnspit
than to be a Member of Parliament.

Every thing smells sweet that smells of money – was
the maxim of a Roman Emperor. The Honorable Turnspit delivered no such maxim The noble titular Clerk
scribe of the Court of Delegates delivers no such maxim: he does more
he acts up to it. What that man preaches I preach talks about I know how to do
said an antient philosopher a philosopher of old time who had more worth head art
than fluency tongue. What the Emperor preached as practice
may be said by a pair of noble Brothers who if their
proficiency in philosophy has never yet been very conspicuous
have given such indispensable proofs of their proficiency in a much more two
hundred and much
more useful arts,
the art of allowing
popery and the art
of catching sinecures.

Identifier: | JB/147/244/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 147.
Date_1	1810-02-02	Marginal Summary Numbering	3-5
Box	147	Main Headings	Sinecures
Folio number	244	Info in main headings field	Sine Cures
Image	001	Titles
Category	Text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	D18 / E2
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	49469
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