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<p>In one case <del>I</del> indeed I can conceive a real disadvantage<lb/> | |||
<del>in</del> <add>as accruing from</add> a bargain of that sort to a person circumstanced<lb/> | |||
like M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Elkington. If a quack practising as a secret<lb/> | |||
of his own what is no secret <del>gets</del> makes a thousand a<lb/> | |||
year or some such large sum by his practice, it may very<lb/> | |||
well happen that the <del>being</del> finding himself compelled to<lb/> | |||
acknowledge that his supposed secret <add>invention</add> is neither a secret nor<lb/> | |||
his own, may give him the sensation of a hardship, though<lb/> | |||
accompanied with a <foreign>douceur</foreign> to the amount even of a thousand<lb/> | |||
pounds. I have <del>said</del> <add>declared</add> already that I <del>do not look upon</del> <add>look upon M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Elkington as a</add><lb/> | |||
<del>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Elkington as an imposter.</del> <add>man of real merit, and by no means as anything like an imposter or a quack.</add> I take for granted <add>spite of appearances</add> that<lb/> | |||
<del><gap/> <gap/></del> when selling D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Anderson's <add>published</add> invention he believed<lb/> | |||
it to be unpublished and his own: on this supposition there<lb/> | |||
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In one case I indeed I can conceive a real disadvantage
in as accruing from a bargain of that sort to a person circumstanced
like Mr Elkington. If a quack practising as a secret
of his own what is no secret gets makes a thousand a
year or some such large sum by his practice, it may very
well happen that the being finding himself compelled to
acknowledge that his supposed secret invention is neither a secret nor
his own, may give him the sensation of a hardship, though
accompanied with a douceur to the amount even of a thousand
pounds. I have said declared already that I do not look upon look upon Mr Elkington as a
Mr Elkington as an imposter. man of real merit, and by no means as anything like an imposter or a quack. I take for granted spite of appearances that
when selling Dr Anderson's published invention he believed
it to be unpublished and his own: on this supposition there
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1795-10-02 |
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anderson and elkington lett. ii |
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jeremy bentham |
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