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<p><!-- pencil -->8 Contract</p> | |||
<p>the laws by which the contribution is imposed, nor<lb/> | |||
those by which the payment <add>collection</add> of it is enforced, of their<lb/> | |||
making. This is one of the paragraphs against<lb/> | |||
the East India Company slipped in my mistake<lb/> | |||
under the head of Farmers.</p> | |||
<p>"In the great exigencies of the state, when the<lb/> | |||
"anxiety of the sovereign for the exact payment of his<lb/> | |||
"<del>in</del> revenue is <del>of</del> necessarily the greatest, they seldom fail<lb/> | |||
"to complain that without laws more rigorous than<lb/> | |||
"those which actually take place, it will be impossible<lb/> | |||
"for them to pay even the usual rent. In those<lb/> | |||
"moments of distress their comments can not be disputed".</p> | |||
<p>What is the aim of this argument? – to persuade <add>make</add><lb/> | |||
us <add>it out</add> that though the contributors are not the subjects<lb/> | |||
of the Farmers, the sovereign is. <del>In those moments</del><lb/> | |||
"The revenue laws therefore become gradually<lb/> | |||
"more and more severe. The most sanguinary are<lb/> | |||
"always to be formed in countries where the greater<lb/> | |||
"part of the publick revenue is in farm. The mildest<lb/> | |||
"in countries where it is levied under the immediate<lb/> | |||
"inspection of the sovereign. Even a bad sovereign<lb/> | |||
"feels more compassion for his people than can ever<lb/> | |||
"be expected from the farmers of his revenue. He knows<lb/> | |||
"that the permanent grandeur of his family depends<lb/> | |||
upon</p> | |||
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8 Contract
the laws by which the contribution is imposed, nor
those by which the payment collection of it is enforced, of their
making. This is one of the paragraphs against
the East India Company slipped in my mistake
under the head of Farmers.
"In the great exigencies of the state, when the
"anxiety of the sovereign for the exact payment of his
"in revenue is of necessarily the greatest, they seldom fail
"to complain that without laws more rigorous than
"those which actually take place, it will be impossible
"for them to pay even the usual rent. In those
"moments of distress their comments can not be disputed".
What is the aim of this argument? – to persuade make
us it out that though the contributors are not the subjects
of the Farmers, the sovereign is. In those moments
"The revenue laws therefore become gradually
"more and more severe. The most sanguinary are
"always to be formed in countries where the greater
"part of the publick revenue is in farm. The mildest
"in countries where it is levied under the immediate
"inspection of the sovereign. Even a bad sovereign
"feels more compassion for his people than can ever
"be expected from the farmers of his revenue. He knows
"that the permanent grandeur of his family depends
upon
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panopticon; rationale of reward |
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contract |
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text sheet |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::floyd & co [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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arthur young |
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