★ Find a new page on our Untranscribed Manuscripts list.
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
<!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
<p>71</p> | <p>71</p> | ||
<p>To future | <p>To future evils, unpreventable by thought <unclear>let not</unclear> thought<lb/> | ||
be applied - & if preventable & the means of prevention | be applied - & if preventable & the means of prevention are <gap/><lb/> | ||
think of them no longer. Some men waste their time & <del><gap/></del> destroy<lb/> | think of them no longer. Some men waste their time & <del><gap/></del> destroy<lb/> | ||
their < | their <unclear>peace</unclear> by imagining possible evils,- evils which may never<lb/> | ||
visit them, - & if they do <add>will not</add> visit them <del>a what</del> the less | visit them, - & if they do <add>will not</add> visit them <del>a what</del> the less <unclear>severely</unclear> for<lb/> | ||
all the anxiety which <del><gap/></del> anticipated their arrival. They will only<lb/> | all the anxiety which <del><gap/></del> anticipated their arrival. They will only<lb/> | ||
have <gap/> the pains of | have <gap/> the pains of endurance by the pains of expectation.<lb/> | ||
<del>Conseq Justice</del><add>Of evil</add> contingent on prudential or unprudential <unclear> | <del>Conseq Justice</del><add>Of evil</add> contingent on prudential or unprudential <unclear>conduct</unclear><lb/> | ||
it is of course not intended to <unclear>speak</unclear>. To think of this: is <lb/> | it is of course not intended to <unclear>speak</unclear>. To think of this: is <lb/> | ||
the self-regarding prudence are one teaching - but to | the self-regarding prudence are one teaching - but to harrass<lb/> | ||
the mind by imagining disease - <gap/>ing the tortures of the<lb/> | the mind by imagining disease - <gap/>ing the tortures of the<lb/> | ||
st<gap/>,- the visitations of blindness - or the loss of any of the<lb/> | st<gap/>,- the visitations of blindness - or the loss of any of the<lb/> | ||
senses is most unfruitful <del>ment</del> not to say < | senses is most unfruitful <del>ment</del> not to say <unclear>baleful</unclear> occupation. D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi><lb/> | ||
Johnson was an example of a man whose <del>whole</del> existence was<lb/> | Johnson was an example of a man whose <del>whole</del> existence was<lb/> | ||
frequently <del><gap/></del> made < | frequently <del><gap/></del> <unclear>made matched</unclear> by the pain of insanity - pain<lb/> | ||
so vivid as nearly to <unclear> | so vivid as nearly to <unclear>make</unclear> the very calamity they depricated -<lb/> | ||
pain which <del>ha</del> frequently <unclear>interspersed</unclear> his usefulness - always<lb/> | |||
(when present) with his felicity</p> | (when present) with his felicity</p><pb/> | ||
<!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
{{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}} | {{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}} | ||
71
To future evils, unpreventable by thought let not thought
be applied - & if preventable & the means of prevention are
think of them no longer. Some men waste their time & destroy
their peace by imagining possible evils,- evils which may never
visit them, - & if they do will not visit them a what the less severely for
all the anxiety which anticipated their arrival. They will only
have the pains of endurance by the pains of expectation.
Conseq JusticeOf evil contingent on prudential or unprudential conduct
it is of course not intended to speak. To think of this: is
the self-regarding prudence are one teaching - but to harrass
the mind by imagining disease - ing the tortures of the
st,- the visitations of blindness - or the loss of any of the
senses is most unfruitful ment not to say baleful occupation. Dr
Johnson was an example of a man whose whole existence was
frequently made matched by the pain of insanity - pain
so vivid as nearly to make the very calamity they depricated -
pain which ha frequently interspersed his usefulness - always
(when present) with his felicity
---page break---
|
Identifier: | JB/015/393/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15. |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
015 |
deontology |
||
|
393 |
|||
|
001 |
|||
|
linking material |
1 |
||
|
recto |
f71 |
||
|
sir john bowring |
lacroix f |
||
|
5609 |
|||
