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two conditions are necessary. Inclination and capacity. In no instance<lb/> | two conditions are necessary. Inclination and capacity. In no instance<lb/> | ||
have either been present: still less both united consegambly not. I Not inclination | have either been present: still less both united consegambly not. I Not inclination:<lb/> | ||
the object is the greatest happiness of the greatest number: this is<lb/> | |||
the mark: be the mark what it may, be the number of shooters<lb/> | |||
what it may, how is it possible it should have been hit by any<lb/> | |||
one of them, while with their all of them eyes, livened so many different ways<lb/> | |||
they have all of them livened their backs have been all turned to on it. This applies to both<lb/> | |||
times, ancient and modern old and new: capacity— comparative capacity, applies<lb/> | |||
to the times called old tim times of old. Times of old Old times forsooth! Alas!— how absurdly and how unfortunately!<lb/> | |||
times of Young times young they ought to be called, | |||
if man is younger<lb/> | |||
<gap/> in his birthday<lb/> | |||
than on her wedding<lb/> | |||
than on his wedding<lb/> | |||
day; | |||
breast is younger than the mother that suckles him, if on the case of a<lb/> | |||
child in the <gap/> young rather than old would be the proper<lb/> | |||
epithet for distinguishing him form the nurse who was rocking in.<lb/> | |||
Who is The mother of wisdom, who is she?— ?Experience (say our children) while<lb/> | |||
they are writing lessons for their copy-books. No, but Inexperience<lb/> | |||
say our wise men— men who are wise by patent, as our Kings<lb/> | |||
are most excellent by Act of Parliament. Wise as we are, I should have said that is to say they, our ancestors <lb/> | |||
our ancestors— I should have said there —ancestors were | |||
two conditions are necessary. Inclination and capacity. In no instance
have either been present: still less both united consegambly not. I Not inclination:
the object is the greatest happiness of the greatest number: this is
the mark: be the mark what it may, be the number of shooters
what it may, how is it possible it should have been hit by any
one of them, while with their all of them eyes, livened so many different ways
they have all of them livened their backs have been all turned to on it. This applies to both
times, ancient and modern old and new: capacity— comparative capacity, applies
to the times called old tim times of old. Times of old Old times forsooth! Alas!— how absurdly and how unfortunately!
times of Young times young they ought to be called,
if man is younger
in his birthday
than on her wedding
than on his wedding
day;
breast is younger than the mother that suckles him, if on the case of a
child in the young rather than old would be the proper
epithet for distinguishing him form the nurse who was rocking in.
Who is The mother of wisdom, who is she?— ?Experience (say our children) while
they are writing lessons for their copy-books. No, but Inexperience
say our wise men— men who are wise by patent, as our Kings
are most excellent by Act of Parliament. Wise as we are, I should have said that is to say they, our ancestors
our ancestors— I should have said there —ancestors were
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rid yourselves of ultramaria |
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in answer to mora |
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correspondence |
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jeremy bentham; richard doane |
[[watermarks::[fleur de lys] i&m 1818]] |
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arthur wellesley, duke of wellington |
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1818 |
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see note to letter 2689, vol. 10 |
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