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Question 1. Why ought no man to be punishable for
imputing inaptitude to any public functionary?

Answer. Becuase inaptitude in some degree or
other in some shape or other, is in relation to every situation, but men particularly in relation to every
political situation the lot of every human being: - the
result of the radical and universal imperfection of human
nature: insomuch that to say of any man that
public functionary thatin inaptitude in respect of such his
function inaptitude is not in any shape justly imputable
to him as much as to say that he not a man,
but an individual belonging to some species of being
distinct from and superior to that of man.

The functionary A government theefore which be who seeks prohibits or seeks
to prohibit a cause to be prohibited &c

declares himself thereby to be - not a man but a being of a nature in such and design distinct from and superior
to the race of manm as
not to be liable to fall
through ignorance or such error: or else that can<add>captive</add>
though be deemed full
error he is determined
to persevere in it

2. If inaptitude neither to the person or persons
byin whose hands the supreme powerpowers of government isare
lodgedexercised inaptitude relative inaptitude may not in any shape be imputed,
the government so constituted is a perfect despotism
a government to such that to the under it the abuse of its power
howsever mischievous there exists no check, and from
which the most extreme and mischievous abuses
of that pa?? in the word the most consuminate and
destructive tyranny may at all times be with but too
reasonably expected.

A functionary therefore who prohibits or seeks to cause
to be prohibited &c

declares thereby his wish and if possible less intention to uph establish or uphold in the hands of the Government of which he is a member -ber a consummate
and mad perpetual everlasting
tyrranny.

Identifier: | JB/106/238/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 106.
Date_1	1817-12-07	Marginal Summary Numbering	3 or 1 - 4 or 2
Box	106	Main Headings	liberty of the press
Folio number	238	Info in main headings field	liberty of the press
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d2 / e2
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	"to jack begin a fresh column here"	ID Number	34826
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