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<p>In Parliamentary language it is common <lb/>to speak of the principle of a bill: the principle <lb/>of all such bills, [if it] is [not] the principle of <lb/>asceticism: a principle which arrays <add>exalts</add> the devil<lb/>in the robes of God. <add>into the throne of the most high.</add> <note>see Princ. of Legisl.<lb/><del>Ch.</del> Introd. Ch<lb/>[Principles adverse] and<lb/>Ch. [Motives]<lb/></note> To promote the happiness of<lb/>the people is on most occasions acknowledged to be <lb/>the duty of the rulers: under this head, the least <lb/>one should think that can be done one should <lb/>think is, not to snatch it out of their hands. But if happiness is not made of amusement, <lb/>of what bitter or other stuff is it <add>can it be</add> made ? or <lb/>[what can we have to] <add>by what argument logic can we</add> justify ourselves to the people, <lb/>if even without the clearest necessity <del>t</del> we <del>extract <lb/>out</del> take any thing out of the little stock of <del>amusements</del> <lb/>enjoyments which <add>help to</add> sweeten the cup of life, <lb/>and help <add>enable</add> them to endure the fatigue of being?<lb/></p>There are two ways of doing mischief in <lb/>a state: whether by the hands of subjects or by the <lb/>hands of government makes little difference. The <lb/>one is to <del>bring</del> <add>let</add> in pain, the other is to shut out <lb/>pleasure. There are no other ways, and the mischief <lb/>may be equally great in both according <lb/>to the value of the pain or pleasure. <note>See Princ. of legisl.<lb/>Introd. Ch [Value]<lb/></note> If the one <lb/>be censurable, how the other should be commendable, <lb/>seems difficult to conceive. To do either is<lb/><note>tyranny</note><pb/> | <p>In Parliamentary language it is common <lb/>to speak of the principle of a bill: the principle <lb/>of all such bills, [if it] is [not] the principle of <lb/>asceticism: a principle which arrays <add>exalts</add> the devil<lb/>in the robes of God. <add>into the throne of the most high.</add> <note>see Princ. of Legisl.<lb/><del>Ch.</del> Introd. Ch<lb/>[Principles adverse] and<lb/>Ch. [Motives]<lb/></note> To promote the happiness of<lb/>the people is on most occasions acknowledged to be <lb/>the duty of the rulers: under this head, the least <lb/>one should think that can be done one should <lb/>think is, not to snatch it out of their hands. But if happiness is not made of amusement, <lb/>of what bitter or other stuff is it <add>can it be</add> made ? or <lb/>[what can we have to] <add>by what argument logic can we</add> justify ourselves to the people, <lb/>if even without the clearest necessity <del>t</del> we <del>extract <lb/>out</del> take any thing out of the little stock of <del>amusements</del> <lb/>enjoyments which <add>help to</add> sweeten the cup of life, <lb/>and help <add>enable</add> them to endure the fatigue of being?<lb/></p>There are two ways of doing mischief in <lb/>a state: whether by the hands of subjects or by the <lb/>hands of government makes little difference. The <lb/>one is to <del>bring</del> <add>let</add> in pain, the other is to shut out <lb/>pleasure. There are no other ways, and the mischief <lb/>may be equally great in both according <lb/>to the value of the pain or pleasure. <note>See Princ. of legisl.<lb/>Introd. Ch [Value]<lb/></note> If the one <lb/>be censurable, how the other should be commendable, <lb/>seems difficult to conceive. To do either is<lb/><note>tyranny</note><pb/> | ||
Indirect Legislation
Diverting
In Parliamentary language it is common
to speak of the principle of a bill: the principle
of all such bills, [if it] is [not] the principle of
asceticism: a principle which arrays exalts the devil
in the robes of God. into the throne of the most high. see Princ. of Legisl.
Ch. Introd. Ch
[Principles adverse] and
Ch. [Motives]
To promote the happiness of
the people is on most occasions acknowledged to be
the duty of the rulers: under this head, the least
one should think that can be done one should
think is, not to snatch it out of their hands. But if happiness is not made of amusement,
of what bitter or other stuff is it can it be made ? or
[what can we have to] by what argument logic can we justify ourselves to the people,
if even without the clearest necessity t we extract
out take any thing out of the little stock of amusements
enjoyments which help to sweeten the cup of life,
and help enable them to endure the fatigue of being?
There are two ways of doing mischief in
a state: whether by the hands of subjects or by the
hands of government makes little difference. The
one is to bring let in pain, the other is to shut out
pleasure. There are no other ways, and the mischief
may be equally great in both according
to the value of the pain or pleasure. See Princ. of legisl.
Introd. Ch [Value]
If the one
be censurable, how the other should be commendable,
seems difficult to conceive. To do either is
tyranny
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