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Crowd not too many things into a sentence. let<note>Sentences to be<lb/> short</note><lb/><del>not</del> your sentences be short. The shorter they are, the<lb/>easier they will be apprehended and remembered <hi rend="superscript">+</hi><note><hi rend="superscript">+</hi> Prefat. p.16.Children</note></p> | |||
<p>2<lb/>When a <del><gap/></del><add> long train </add> of articles are to be enumerated <note>Enumeration - to<lb/> be performed in a<lb/> sentence by itself</note><lb/>for any purpose let <add> not </add> the enumeration be<lb/>included in the middle of a paragraph, but <del><gap/><gap/></del><add> perform it </add><lb/>by a paragraph on purpose.</p> | |||
<p>3<lb/>It is not enough to <del> render a <gap/></del> compose such<note>Simplicity must<lb/> be preferred</note><lb/>a body of Laws as shall be methodical and concise:<lb/>the business is if possible to keep it so. The business<lb/> is if possible to keep it to to the end of time. </p><p>4<lb/> | |||
<foreign>Quiquid principias, esto brevis:</foreign><note>Horace's rule of<lb/> Brevity</note><lb/> says Horace: and he adds the reason<lb/><foreign>ut cito dicta</foreign><lb/><foreign>Precipiant animi docilis, tineantque fidiles</foreign><lb/>Nothing can be more accurate nor more just: yet<lb/>in England, Horace for some centuries <hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi> has been <note><hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi> [Horace, tho a poet, & what<lb/> is more a Latin poet, &<lb/> one of the most popular of<lb/> Latin poets]</note><lb/> preaching to the winds. </p> | |||
<p>5<lb/>A discourse should be short, to be remembered: explicit,<note>Brevity and explicitness</note><lb/>to be understood. </p> | |||
<p>6<lb/>What may be not explicit enough to suggest all<note>Explicitness for<lb/> common use</note><lb/> tho cares <add> of itself & </add> without expiration, may of itself be explicit<lb/>enough to suggest the greater number of cases, and <lb/>those which are apt most frequently to occur.</p> | |||
<p>7<lb/> What is not explicit enough for <add>[the conveying of] to convey</add> original instruction<note>Explicitness for<lb/> recollection</note><lb/><add> in the first instance</add> may be explicit enough for the assistance of recollection</p> | |||
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C Composition and
1
Crowd not too many things into a sentence. letSentences to be
short
not your sentences be short. The shorter they are, the
easier they will be apprehended and remembered ++ Prefat. p.16.Children
2
When a long train of articles are to be enumerated Enumeration - to
be performed in a
sentence by itself
for any purpose let not the enumeration be
included in the middle of a paragraph, but perform it
by a paragraph on purpose.
3
It is not enough to render a compose suchSimplicity must
be preferred
a body of Laws as shall be methodical and concise:
the business is if possible to keep it so. The business
is if possible to keep it to to the end of time.
4
Quiquid principias, esto brevis:Horace's rule of
Brevity
says Horace: and he adds the reason
ut cito dicta
Precipiant animi docilis, tineantque fidiles
Nothing can be more accurate nor more just: yet
in England, Horace for some centuries [+] has been [+] [Horace, tho a poet, & what
is more a Latin poet, &
one of the most popular of
Latin poets]
preaching to the winds.
5
A discourse should be short, to be remembered: explicit,Brevity and explicitness
to be understood.
6
What may be not explicit enough to suggest allExplicitness for
common use
tho cares of itself & without expiration, may of itself be explicit
enough to suggest the greater number of cases, and
those which are apt most frequently to occur.
7
What is not explicit enough for [the conveying of] to convey original instructionExplicitness for
recollection
in the first instance may be explicit enough for the assistance of recollection
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jeremy bentham |
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