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<p>I told you I stood engaged to give a Postscript<lb/> | |||
to a new Edition of the Defense of Usury on the<lb/> | |||
subject of the Education-plan. I mean to do<lb/> | |||
I told you I stood engaged to give a | it as <gap/> and concisely as possible. If you<lb/> | ||
could favour me with <add>the heads of</add> your reasons in favour<lb/> | |||
of the measure in the same way <del>I should be</del> <add>(half a dozen<lb/> | |||
sentences would I suppose comprize them)</add> <del>much obliged to you</del> it would save me a world<lb/> | |||
of paper in beating about for shadows. <del>Your</del> <add>Of course</add><lb/> | |||
I should neither mention you nor allude to you <del>unless you give me<lb/> | |||
You should see it</del> <add>I would send it you</add> before it was printed if <del>the</del> you thought<lb/> | |||
it worth <add>your</add> while <add>to look at it.</add><hi rend="superscript">⊞</hi> <note><hi rend="superscript">⊞</hi> If it were my good fortune to convince you it might be by arguements which <del>would apply to shew <gap/> harder than</del> I have not seen landed upon in the debates, & which would apply to other measures in abundance besides this.</note> I mention it now because it is<lb/> | |||
not improbable I might be for publishing it<lb/> | |||
before your return to England. Want of time<lb/> | |||
and room <del>alone would</del> <add>nothing else, will</add> prevent my laughing at<lb/> | |||
them <add>your reasons</add> whatever they are; for if I did it to<lb/> | |||
my own satisfaction, I should expect you to laugh<lb/> | |||
with me, though you are <add>I <del>should believe</del> think</add> the only man it <del>was</del> <add>has</add><lb/> | |||
ever <add>been</add> my fortune to trust with to whom I could<lb/> | |||
say as much.</p> | |||
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I told you I stood engaged to give a Postscript
to a new Edition of the Defense of Usury on the
subject of the Education-plan. I mean to do
it as and concisely as possible. If you
could favour me with the heads of your reasons in favour
of the measure in the same way I should be (half a dozen
sentences would I suppose comprize them) much obliged to you it would save me a world
of paper in beating about for shadows. Your Of course
I should neither mention you nor allude to you unless you give me
You should see it I would send it you before it was printed if the you thought
it worth your while to look at it.⊞ ⊞ If it were my good fortune to convince you it might be by arguements which would apply to shew harder than I have not seen landed upon in the debates, & which would apply to other measures in abundance besides this. I mention it now because it is
not improbable I might be for publishing it
before your return to England. Want of time
and room alone would nothing else, will prevent my laughing at
them your reasons whatever they are; for if I did it to
my own satisfaction, I should expect you to laugh
with me, though you are I should believe think the only man it was has
ever been my fortune to trust with to whom I could
say as much.
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jeremy bentham |
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benjamin constant |
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draft of letter 716, vol. 4 |
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