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<p>1818 June 29</p> | |||
<p>But why is it that to the <add>conduct of the</add> man in power nothing of the<lb/> | |||
nature of evil can just be imputed? Answer. On two<lb/> | |||
accounts. 1. First because the King can do no wrong: <del>his</del> <add>his</add> <unclear>by</unclear><lb/> | |||
nature is as Blackstone has proved <add>demonstrated</add> all perfect: he is<lb/> | |||
God upon earth. But <add>of this quality thus possessed by him</add> such is the <unclear>copiousness</unclear> that he has enough<lb/> | |||
and to spare for all those whom he shall be pleased to <add>choose</add> appoint<lb/> | |||
to make choice of to serve as instruments of his will: if they<lb/> | |||
are not so compleatly all perfect as he is, yet such is the<lb/> | |||
degree of their perfection that no imperfection in any shape ought<lb/> | |||
ever to be imputed to them nor ought they on any occasion<lb/> | |||
to be so dealt with as it might be proper they should be<lb/> | |||
dealt with if it <del>were</del> really formed any part of their nature.</p> | |||
<p>2. Next because whatsoever may be the quality can the<lb/> | |||
quantity of the suffering which in consequence of any <del>deport-</del> <add>line of conduct</add><lb/> | |||
maintained by those practically perfect persons may have<lb/> | |||
been experienced <add>by the subject</add> by the people at large, it has no just claim<lb/> | |||
to be taken into the account: they are as nothing: <add>their happiness or misery his</add> they have<lb/> | |||
no just claim to experience attention at the hands of <del>the</del> <add>other</add> rulers,<lb/> | |||
<add>they accordingly do not experience any.</add> it is for their own sake, and not for the sake of the people<lb/> | |||
that the rulers carry on the business of government: to these<lb/> | |||
<add>exalted</add> rulers it is matter of indifference <del>what</del> <add>whether there has been vassals</add> their low seated subjects<lb/> | |||
enjoy anything and how intense and universal may be<lb/> | |||
their <unclear>suffering</unclear> is to <add>them</add> their exalted rulers a matter of indifference.</p> | |||
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1818 June 29
But why is it that to the conduct of the man in power nothing of the
nature of evil can just be imputed? Answer. On two
accounts. 1. First because the King can do no wrong: his his by
nature is as Blackstone has proved demonstrated all perfect: he is
God upon earth. But of this quality thus possessed by him such is the copiousness that he has enough
and to spare for all those whom he shall be pleased to choose appoint
to make choice of to serve as instruments of his will: if they
are not so compleatly all perfect as he is, yet such is the
degree of their perfection that no imperfection in any shape ought
ever to be imputed to them nor ought they on any occasion
to be so dealt with as it might be proper they should be
dealt with if it were really formed any part of their nature.
2. Next because whatsoever may be the quality can the
quantity of the suffering which in consequence of any deport- line of conduct
maintained by those practically perfect persons may have
been experienced by the subject by the people at large, it has no just claim
to be taken into the account: they are as nothing: their happiness or misery his they have
no just claim to experience attention at the hands of the other rulers,
they accordingly do not experience any. it is for their own sake, and not for the sake of the people
that the rulers carry on the business of government: to these
exalted rulers it is matter of indifference what whether there has been vassals their low seated subjects
enjoy anything and how intense and universal may be
their suffering is to them their exalted rulers a matter of indifference.
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