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<p>is Chief Justice, of all England. Either I am much mistaken, or<lb/> I could save money to the Gentlemen of the County, to say nothing<lb/> of what they will look upon the more important saving, that of<lb/> misery & wickedness, to the Prisoners. But if those gentlemen, upon<lb/> your favourable report, should do me the honour to think so, what<lb/> I should be inclined to recommend, & what I imagine would recommend<lb/> itself to them, as the most cautious & prudent course, that can<lb/> be adopted, is to wait, if the exigency be not too pressing, till the<lb/> practicability and utility of the Panopticon mode of construction has<lb/>been proved or dis<del>ap</del>proved, by the experiment which is so speedily to be<lb/> made, & upon so large a scale.</p> | |||
<p>I am at present occupied, at the recommendation of<lb/> authority in preparing a Bill for M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Pitt to bring in for that<lb/> purpose at the opening of the Session.</p> | |||
<p>I submit this Idea, not through laziness, but merely<lb/> <del>but merely</del> as that which seems to bid fairest for the approbation<lb/> of third Persons. Should dispatch be preferred, I am now and at<lb/> all times at the command of the Gentlemen in Question, for there<lb/><add>is</add></p> | |||
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is Chief Justice, of all England. Either I am much mistaken, or
I could save money to the Gentlemen of the County, to say nothing
of what they will look upon the more important saving, that of
misery & wickedness, to the Prisoners. But if those gentlemen, upon
your favourable report, should do me the honour to think so, what
I should be inclined to recommend, & what I imagine would recommend
itself to them, as the most cautious & prudent course, that can
be adopted, is to wait, if the exigency be not too pressing, till the
practicability and utility of the Panopticon mode of construction has
been proved or disapproved, by the experiment which is so speedily to be
made, & upon so large a scale.
I am at present occupied, at the recommendation of
authority in preparing a Bill for Mr Pitt to bring in for that
purpose at the opening of the Session.
I submit this Idea, not through laziness, but merely
but merely as that which seems to bid fairest for the approbation
of third Persons. Should dispatch be preferred, I am now and at
all times at the command of the Gentlemen in Question, for there
is
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Jeremy Bentham |
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