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<head>Bankruptcy - what</head><!-- headings in pencil --> | |||
<p | <p>But grievous as they may prove when &c<lb/> <del>Pamphlet of the day at the opening of the <unclear>Session</unclear></del><lb/> | ||
they will not be the more grievous but <sic>proportionably</sic> the<lb/> | |||
less grievous from | less grievous from having been previously indicated<!-- crossed out and overwritten illegibly in pencil --><lb/> | ||
<add><del>< | <add><del>These are <unclear>of</unclear> <gap/></del> -</add> scrutinized into, sifted to the bottom and made familiar<lb/> | ||
to us. | to us.<note>Subject of these pages<!-- note in pencil --></note></p> | ||
<p>What is to become of us? - a question this which<lb/> | <p>What is to become of us? - a question this which<lb/> | ||
for some years has been familiar to the < | for some years has been familiar to the <unclear>likes</unclear> of<lb/> | ||
most men, but which every fresh year <add>year after year</add> acquires<lb/> | most men, but which every fresh year <add>year after year</add> acquires<lb/> | ||
a new meaning as well as a new degree of interest<lb/> | a new meaning as well as a new degree of interest<lb/> | ||
One grand Calamity <add>great black cloud</add> hangs over all our heads -<lb/> | One grand Calamity <add>great black cloud</add> hangs over all our heads -<lb/> | ||
<sic>shews</sic> itself at a greater to some at a less distance<lb/> | <sic>shews</sic> itself at a greater to some at a less distance<lb/> | ||
<note>growing everyday blacker and blacker approaching inevitably nearer & nearer</note> | |||
to other eyes - though <add>but</add> with an aspect more or less<lb/> | |||
threatening to all - it's name is Bankruptcy -<lb/> | threatening to all - it's name is Bankruptcy -<lb/> | ||
What is the <del>probable distance of</del> <add>true nature of a</add> - what the probable <add>apparent</add><lb/> | What is the <del>probable distance of</del> <add>true nature of a</add> - what the probable <add>apparent</add><lb/> | ||
distance of it? - on what contingencies<lb/> | distance of it? - on what contingencies<lb/> | ||
does the bursting of it <add>its bursting upon us</add> depend? with what degree<lb/> | does the bursting of it <add>its bursting upon us</add> depend? with what degree<lb/> | ||
of probability are these contingencies | of probability are these contingencies respectively<lb/> | ||
invested? <add>accompanied?</add> - <del>Can it</del> Is it in the power of human<lb/> | invested? <add>accompanied?</add> - <del>Can it</del> Is it in the power of human<lb/> | ||
wisdom <add>agony</add> to avert it altogether? - <del>Is it in</del> the<lb/> | wisdom <add>agony</add> to avert it altogether? - <del>Is it in</del> the<lb/> | ||
or if not, to retard the explosion? — What are the<lb/> | or if not, to retard the explosion? — What are the<lb/> | ||
means <add>expedients</add> that present themselves as best adapted <del> | means <add>expedients</add> that present themselves as best adapted <del>for</del> <add>exhibiting the <gap/></add><lb/> | ||
prospect of attaining or contributing to that end<add>being productive of <del><hi rend='underline'>being</hi></del> conducive to so desirable an end <add>a result?</add></add><lb/> that purpose? Such are the topics which will afford<lb/> | |||
matter for the <unclear>ensuing</unclear> pages.</p> | |||
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A 1 Political Prospects Bankruptcy - what
But grievous as they may prove when &c
Pamphlet of the day at the opening of the Session
they will not be the more grievous but proportionably the
less grievous from having been previously indicated
These are of - scrutinized into, sifted to the bottom and made familiar
to us.Subject of these pages
What is to become of us? - a question this which
for some years has been familiar to the likes of
most men, but which every fresh year year after year acquires
a new meaning as well as a new degree of interest
One grand Calamity great black cloud hangs over all our heads -
shews itself at a greater to some at a less distance
growing everyday blacker and blacker approaching inevitably nearer & nearer
to other eyes - though but with an aspect more or less
threatening to all - it's name is Bankruptcy -
What is the probable distance of true nature of a - what the probable apparent
distance of it? - on what contingencies
does the bursting of it its bursting upon us depend? with what degree
of probability are these contingencies respectively
invested? accompanied? - Can it Is it in the power of human
wisdom agony to avert it altogether? - Is it in the
or if not, to retard the explosion? — What are the
means expedients that present themselves as best adapted for exhibiting the
prospect of attaining or contributing to that endbeing productive of being conducive to so desirable an end <add>a result?</add>
that purpose? Such are the topics which will afford
matter for the ensuing pages.
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