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<p>has been a good deal abroad<sic>,,</sic> and has a <sic>great of</sic> knowledge: his | |||
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studies have lain a good deal in the same track with mine | |||
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He is a utilitarian, a naturalist, a chemist, <add>a physician,</add> was once what | |||
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I had like to have been a methodist: and what I should have | |||
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been still had I not been what I am, as Alexander if he | |||
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had not been Alexander (I am wrong in the story but | |||
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never mind) would have been <unclear>Parmenir</unclear> <add>Diogenes</add>. In short we are | |||
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become great friends, and he has given me the <hi rend="underline"><foreign>carte</foreign></hi> <hi rend="underline"><foreign>du</foreign></hi> | |||
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<hi rend="underline"><foreign>pays</foreign>.</hi> There is a mixture of simplicity <sic>candor</sic>, <del>good</del> and | |||
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a composed earnestness temper'd with good breeding that has | |||
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won upon me mightily: and upon the terms of my indulging | |||
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him in his patriotism and antipathy to your countrymen | |||
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(some of whom however he has a great respect for) I am apt | |||
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to think we shall be fast friends. He <del><gap/></del> is to come here again | |||
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ere long that I may cast an eye over a work of his part | |||
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of which is printed; and he in return is to assist me in the <unclear>revival</unclear><!-- "revisal"? --> | |||
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of mine, which he enters into the spirit of most perfectly. He | |||
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has made me promise to go over and see him at his living, <add>which</add></p> | |||
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has been a good deal abroad,, and has a great of knowledge: his
studies have lain a good deal in the same track with mine
He is a utilitarian, a naturalist, a chemist, a physician, was once what
I had like to have been a methodist: and what I should have
been still had I not been what I am, as Alexander if he
had not been Alexander (I am wrong in the story but
never mind) would have been Parmenir Diogenes. In short we are
become great friends, and he has given me the carte du
pays. There is a mixture of simplicity candor, good and
a composed earnestness temper'd with good breeding that has
won upon me mightily: and upon the terms of my indulging
him in his patriotism and antipathy to your countrymen
(some of whom however he has a great respect for) I am apt
to think we shall be fast friends. He is to come here again
ere long that I may cast an eye over a work of his part
of which is printed; and he in return is to assist me in the revival
of mine, which he enters into the spirit of most perfectly. He
has made me promise to go over and see him at his living, which
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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