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time giving me the Annuity Notes, which being payable to bearer<lb/> | time giving me the Annuity Notes, which being payable to bearer<lb/> | ||
would be enable me to spend the principal?</p> | would be enable me to spend the principal?</p> | ||
<p><del>to spend the principal?</del></p> | |||
<p><head>Counter Observations</head></p> | |||
<p>I repeat the proposition, to preserve the connection<lb/> | |||
between that and the demonstration. <del>I am</del> <add><del>You</del> The<lb/> | |||
demonstration</add> I call it, for, if to serve in that character be not<lb/> | |||
the intention of it, then is the proposition a mere<lb/> | |||
crude assertion without proof. If the <add>naked</add> word of<lb/> | |||
the learned Baronet were to be taken <del><gap/></del> in respect<lb/> | |||
of this the most important <del>place</del> <add>part</add> of the obnoxious<lb/> | |||
project, as well might he have proposed its being<lb/> | |||
taken as to the whole: <del>and</del> nor <del>can I help</del> <add>is this the</add><lb/> | |||
<del>thinking, that if such had actually been the course</del> <add>first time of its occurring to me, that a <gap/></add><lb/> | |||
<del>taken by him, it would have been a rather</del> <add>thus <del><gap/></del> short and easy, would not have been</add><lb/> | |||
<del>were predicated on them that which</del> <add>less prudential than the more <del>laborious</del> troublesome course</add> he has<lb/> | |||
pursued.</p> | |||
<p><del>Throughout it appears to me that <gap/></del> <add>On more occasions than one it has appeared to<lb/> | |||
me – not to say on every occasion – that his</add> assertion would have gained much in force, by<lb/> | |||
being disencumbered of his arguments. If what<lb/> | |||
we have seen he really meant for argument, and for<lb/> | |||
argument in support of the otherwise unsupported proposition<lb/> | |||
<add>that</add></p> | |||
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7 Aug. 1801
Observations continued
The extension of the plan to paying of public
Annuitants would in no case be practicable. How
could my Trustees convert Consols into Annuity Notes, and give
me authority to receive the annual interest, without, at the same
time giving me the Annuity Notes, which being payable to bearer
would be enable me to spend the principal?
to spend the principal?
Counter Observations
I repeat the proposition, to preserve the connection
between that and the demonstration. I am You The
demonstration I call it, for, if to serve in that character be not
the intention of it, then is the proposition a mere
crude assertion without proof. If the naked word of
the learned Baronet were to be taken in respect
of this the most important place part of the obnoxious
project, as well might he have proposed its being
taken as to the whole: and nor can I help is this the
thinking, that if such had actually been the course first time of its occurring to me, that a
taken by him, it would have been a rather thus short and easy, would not have been
were predicated on them that which less prudential than the more laborious troublesome course he has
pursued.
Throughout it appears to me that On more occasions than one it has appeared to
me – not to say on every occasion – that his assertion would have gained much in force, by
being disencumbered of his arguments. If what
we have seen he really meant for argument, and for
argument in support of the otherwise unsupported proposition
that
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