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<p>fastidious that they come up only <add>no</add> where <del>there are self-</del> <add>but where they</add><lb/> | |||
<del>-soever, <gap/> will they live <add>bear</add> any other sort there that</del> <add>have seen themselves in a sort of their own choosing</add><lb/> | |||
<del>they choose themselves</del> – Laws (<del>I believe</del> <add>are indeed</add> it will be found<lb/> | |||
are) many of them in the former <add>case</add>: but manners, I<lb/> | |||
believe are mostly in the latter, <del>I do not pretend to</del> <add>far be it for me to</add><lb/> | |||
say that <del>the</del> on (the formation of) <add>forming</add> manners the sovereign <add>legislator</add><lb/> | |||
has no influence <add>can do nothing</add>: (but that the <add>chief of the</add> influence he <del>has</del> <add>can</add><lb/> | |||
<del>belongs</del> exercise <add>exert</add> will be that which he exercises in the<lb/> | |||
capacity <gap/> of a leader than of a governor) but<lb/> | |||
that it is only in <del><gap/></del> a very indirect way and by a<lb/> | |||
<gap/> & tardy process that he can exercise any<lb/> | |||
effectual influence over them in <del>th</del> his particular<lb/> | |||
character of a legislator, & that in an immediate way<lb/> | |||
<del>the only influence it is only in the capac</del> if he acts<lb/> | |||
with any effect it must be in the capacity of a<lb/> | |||
leader. In making manners he can do little<lb/> | |||
more than the first fiddle of a band in making<lb/> | |||
music: if the others follow, well and good: but<lb/> | |||
if not, there is no help for it.</p> | |||
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fastidious that they come up only no where there are self- but where they
-soever, will they live bear any other sort there that have seen themselves in a sort of their own choosing
they choose themselves – Laws (I believe are indeed it will be found
are) many of them in the former case: but manners, I
believe are mostly in the latter, I do not pretend to far be it for me to
say that the on (the formation of) forming manners the sovereign legislator
has no influence can do nothing: (but that the chief of the influence he has can
belongs exercise exert will be that which he exercises in the
capacity of a leader than of a governor) but
that it is only in a very indirect way and by a
& tardy process that he can exercise any
effectual influence over them in th his particular
character of a legislator, & that in an immediate way
the only influence it is only in the capac if he acts
with any effect it must be in the capacity of a
leader. In making manners he can do little
more than the first fiddle of a band in making
music: if the others follow, well and good: but
if not, there is no help for it.
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