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<head>1826 July 16<lb/>Preface to Official Aptitude &c with its Appendages</head> <!-- figures in pencil --> <p>1</p> <p>(1)<lb/> Preface to the edition of the Miscellany containing amongst<lb/>other articles the Observations on it</p> <p>I speak it with unfeigned reluctance and with the<lb/>most sincere regret, I have not been able to discover<lb/>on the part of Mr Pulis conduct taken as a whole<lb/> any the slightest closer to see <add>witness</add> the existence of appropriate<lb/> aptitude in any of its <gap/> shapes on the part of any<lb/><del>person</del> those who fill <add>or are to fill</add> any of the situations <del>the posses</del><lb/> to which it belongs to him <add>placed at his disposal</add> to nominate — any the slightest<lb/>desire to abstain from <del> wast</del> <gap/> in cash and applying<lb/> to the purpose of corruption the <add>additional</add> inducements <add>recently</add> attached by<lb/> him to those situations</p> <p>On the contrary <del>were it</del> had I occasion to speak<lb/>of the course which by a statesman having it in his<lb/> situation no other view than that of applying it to the purpose<lb/> of <sic>gratefying</sic> his own instruments, dependants and <lb/> favourites under the full knowledge of their being distinguished<lb/> from all other persons by <del>their</del> the degree <add><gap/></add> of their <del>aptitude</del><lb/> <add>relative</add> <sic>inaptitude</sic> — in a word of their utter worthlessness, I could<lb/> it would be <add>as</add> in my power to point out any course more<lb/> favourable that that actually pursued by them <add><gap/></add> in the case<lb/> in question</p> <p> Accordingly in offering to his notice the present plea for<lb/>the <sic>maximizing</sic> of official aptitude in every situation<lb/> and at the same diminishes in each <add>every</add> such situation<lb/> the quantum of <add>official</add> <sic>expence</sic>, it would be weakness in one <lb/> if I regarded as probable his <del>approves of</del> regarding <add>it</add> with approbation<lb/> <add>as to</add> the whole or any part of it, <del>more</del> insincerely <add> by <gap/></add><lb/>it, a professed sincerity so to do, <gap/> of <del><gap/></del> in <del><gap/></del><lb/>manner indicative of a wish and expectation to be understood<lb/> as meaning the contrary of that which the expression if taken literally would <gap/></p> | |||
1826 July 16
Preface to Official Aptitude &c with its Appendages
1
(1)
Preface to the edition of the Miscellany containing amongst
other articles the Observations on it
I speak it with unfeigned reluctance and with the
most sincere regret, I have not been able to discover
on the part of Mr Pulis conduct taken as a whole
any the slightest closer to see witness the existence of appropriate
aptitude in any of its shapes on the part of any
person those who fill or are to fill any of the situations the posses
to which it belongs to him placed at his disposal to nominate — any the slightest
desire to abstain from wast in cash and applying
to the purpose of corruption the additional inducements recently attached by
him to those situations
On the contrary were it had I occasion to speak
of the course which by a statesman having it in his
situation no other view than that of applying it to the purpose
of gratefying his own instruments, dependants and
favourites under the full knowledge of their being distinguished
from all other persons by their the degree of their aptitude
relative inaptitude — in a word of their utter worthlessness, I could
it would be as in my power to point out any course more
favourable that that actually pursued by them in the case
in question
Accordingly in offering to his notice the present plea for
the maximizing of official aptitude in every situation
and at the same diminishes in each every such situation
the quantum of official expence, it would be weakness in one
if I regarded as probable his approves of regarding it with approbation
as to the whole or any part of it, more insincerely by
it, a professed sincerity so to do, of in
manner indicative of a wish and expectation to be understood
as meaning the contrary of that which the expression if taken literally would
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