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9 Sept. 1810, read.
Aº 177-? Written Aº 1809 Marginal contended
Penal Code Offences against Reputation

24.
In what diminished
1. The nature and degree
of the imputation are fixed
and cannot, as in the other
case be deteriorated or
or amplified.
2. The imputation being
fixt presents a fix basis
for defence. p.10

25
Of Defamation the mischief
is encreased,
1. by being printed. p.10

26.
For, in writing the imputation
is as fixt as
in print –
and the diffusion is less
extensive. p.11.

27
2. – in verse.

28.
For, it is easier to
remember & communicate. p.11

29.
3. Embellished by wit,
in which case it is
called satire. p.11.

30.
For by with the impression
is strengthened.
The pleasures produced
by wit viz pleasure of
surprize and pleasure
of sympathy, derived from
the contemplation of ingenuity
the imputation is
rendered easier to remember
and communicate
and by sympathy
for the author, antipathy
as towards object of the
satire is produced.
The moral demerit
will be as literary merit. p.12.

31.
4. Set to music constituting
a ballad. p.13.

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32.
For thus further encrease
is given to the pleasure
produced and the facility
of remembrance and communication. p.13.

33.
What sort of imputation
shall be most mischievous
to an individual depends
on his or her condition in
life. p.14

34.
The Sensibility & thence
mischief, is encreased in
quantity
1. by degree of culture
in education.
2. by elevation in rank. p.14

35
But è contra, by the
power & influence with
which rank is apt to be
attended; the sensibility
is in another way diminished:
power & influence
rendering a man so much the less dependant
on the free
good offices of others. p.14

36.
Hence by rank the immediate
pain of humiliation
is perhaps encreased
but the remote mischief
resulting from loss of reputation,
good will, good
offices, diminished. p.15.

37.
When rank is accompanied
by proportionate
opulence or by his migrating
to a country where
nothing else is known
of him, the mischief
of loss of reputation may
be diminished. p.15.

38.
In this as in other
cases the quantity of
the mischief will depend
greatly on idiosyncracy. p.15.

Identifier: | JB/064/105/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 64.
Date_1	1809	Marginal Summary Numbering	24-38
Box	064	Main Headings	Penal Code
Folio number	105	Info in main headings field	Penal Code Offences against Reputation
Image	001	Titles
Category	Marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	D2 / E2
Penner		Watermarks	TH 1806
Marginals		Paper Producer	Andre Morellet
Corrections	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1806
Notes public	[[notes_public::"Ao 177[ ]? Written Ao 1809 Marginal-contented" [note in Bentham's hand]]]	ID Number	20459
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