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chosen by an official person <del><gap/></del> committed by the <del><gap/></del> <add>closest</add><lb/> | chosen by an official person <del><gap/></del> committed by the <del><gap/></del> <add>closest</add><lb/> | ||
<del>State have <gap/> something <gap/></del><lb/> | <del>State have <gap/> something <gap/></del><lb/> | ||
bias | bias with those by whom I shall be prosecuted and in a<lb/> | ||
state of <unclear>official</unclear> dependence on the Judge <del><gap/></del> for the checking of <note>whose power Jurors<lb/> | state of <unclear>official</unclear> dependence on the Judge <del><gap/></del> for the checking of <note>whose power Jurors<lb/> | ||
are professed to <del><gap/></del> have<lb/> | are professed to <del><gap/></del> have<lb/> | ||
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least that could happen to <del>be</del> me would be to be fined to as<lb/> | least that could happen to <del>be</del> me would be to be fined to as<lb/> | ||
great amount and imprisoned for as long a time and as<lb/> | great amount and imprisoned for as long a time and as<lb/> | ||
<del><gap/></del> <add>afflictive a</add> manner <add>as</add> the Judges pleased <del>the Judges</del> <add>those functionaries,</add> in the development<lb/> | <del><gap/></del> <add>afflictive a</add> manner <add>as</add> the Judges pleased; <del>the Judges</del> <add>those functionaries,</add> in the development<lb/> | ||
of whose misrule and corruption fifty years of<lb/> | of whose misrule and corruption fifty years of<lb/> | ||
my life <del>have been</del> <add>are</add> known <add>to them</add> to have been employed. And<lb/> | my life <del>have been</del> <add>are</add> known <add>to them</add> to have been employed. And<lb/> | ||
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are not altogether<lb/> | are not altogether<lb/> | ||
unknown —<lb/> | unknown —<lb/> | ||
<gap/> from my<lb/> | <del><gap/></del> from my<lb/> | ||
intimate old friend<lb/> | intimate old friend<lb/> | ||
and declared disciple<lb/> | and declared disciple<lb/> | ||
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<del><gap/></del> published: it <del><gap/></del> is that in which the abuses of which<lb/> | <del><gap/></del> published: it <del><gap/></del> is that in which the abuses of which<lb/> | ||
our Ecclesiastical system is composed <gap/> <del><gap/></del> <add>are laid open</add><lb/> | our Ecclesiastical system is composed <gap/> <del><gap/></del> <add>are laid open</add><lb/> | ||
to view. 'If you publish this I am as sure as I am of my existence, | to view. 'If you publish this I am as sure as I am of my existence,<lb/> | ||
that <del><gap/></del> you will be prosecuted: and if you are prosecuted, I am <!-- continues in red -->as <note>sure as I am of my existence,<lb/> | that <del><gap/></del> you will be prosecuted: and if you are prosecuted, I am <!-- continues in red -->as <note>sure as I am of my existence,<lb/> | ||
that you will<lb/> | that you will<lb/> | ||
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can keep from being<lb/> | can keep from being<lb/> | ||
<add>finally</add> cut the thread by<lb/> | <add>finally</add> cut the thread by<lb/> | ||
which it | which it hangs it<lb/> | ||
is the sort of <add><unclear>indirect</unclear></add> protection<lb/> | is the sort of <add><unclear>indirect</unclear></add> protection<lb/> | ||
which it would then be<lb/> | which it would then be<lb/> | ||
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in the present instance, whether the obtainment<lb/> | in the present instance, whether the obtainment<lb/> | ||
<del><gap/></del><lb/> | <del><gap/></del><lb/> | ||
of such an authority | of such an authority would be practicable or<lb/> | ||
<del><gap/></del><lb/> | <del><gap/></del><lb/> | ||
desirable, are two questions both of which w<hi rend="superscript">d</hi>.<lb/> | desirable, are two questions both of which w<hi rend="superscript">d</hi>.<lb/> | ||
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If prosecuted The Jury by whom I shall be tried will have been
chosen by an official person committed by the closest
State have something
bias with those by whom I shall be prosecuted and in a
state of official dependence on the Judge for the checking of whose power Jurors
are professed to have
been
If prosecuted I shall therefore be convicted: if convicted the
least that could happen to be me would be to be fined to as
great amount and imprisoned for as long a time and as
afflictive a manner as the Judges pleased; the Judges those functionaries, in the development
of whose misrule and corruption fifty years of
my life have been are known to them to have been employed. And
if imprisoned, infirmities which, while at liberty, I can keep
is a something
under, without difficulty, would soon be fatal to me.
From my that illustrious, and much lamented friend of mankind whose name
can not be unknown
to any save to whom
the truce asking
of the English Parliament
are not altogether
unknown —
from my
intimate old friend
and declared disciple
Samuel
Romilly — but a short time before
his death I received the most positive assurance of
the prediction fate which he who was in a situation to
declared to be : the assurance I mean of my
having been devoted to preservation in the event
of my publishing in the way of general sale, one of my works which was notwithstanding
published: it is that in which the abuses of which
our Ecclesiastical system is composed are laid open
to view. 'If you publish this I am as sure as I am of my existence,
that you will be prosecuted: and if you are prosecuted, I am as sure as I am of my existence,
that you will
be convicted". These were
among his last words to me,
his very words
No day but my last
day will obliterate this memory
of them.
Whether it be the sort of character above spoken of, or whatever
else it be, still there is something as
yet has kept from in a state of pulling the sword
thus suspended over my head.[+]1
[+]1 If my there be
any thing that
can keep from being
finally cut the thread by
which it hangs it
is the sort of indirect protection
which it would then be
in the power of your
Government to afford
to me. The land which
has embrewed themselves
with without remorse in the
blood of unprotected individuals,
would shrink
from the imp of
offering an affront to Royalty in the person of a thus distinguished servant.
I am, Dear Sir, with the truest respect, Yours
Jeremy Bentham.
Chevalier d.
Colomb, &c
&c. &c.
When, as may be seen in my Papers on Codification,
my offers of service in that line
were accepted by Emperor Alexander, it was by a
letter written by himself in his own hand: but,
in the present instance, whether the obtainment
of such an authority would be practicable or
desirable, are two questions both of which wd.
be to be or wd. not be to be considered
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