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<note>Exposing Person<lb/>Marking<lb/>Disadvantages</note> | <note>Exposing Person<lb/>Marking<lb/>Disadvantages</note> | ||
<p><add> | <p> [<add>Those</add> who <del>undertake positively</del> <add>He who undertakes to answer for <del>pronounce with</del></add> take upon themselves<lb/><add>to pronounce predict with confidence </add> with any degree of assurance what will be the<lb/>sentiments of the people] on a <add>new</add> point <del>on</del> which<lb/>those sentiments have never yet [been tried] had<lb/>an opportunity of displaying <note>may well be said to <lb/>reckon without his host. <lb/>his prediction can not be<lb/>said to be well-grounded,<lb/>even though the event<lb/>should prove it true.<lb/></note> predict <add>pronounce</add> what may<lb/>eventually be true, but [what in the mean<lb/>time is advanced] without sufficient ground.<lb/><del>The event</del> In predictions of this nature where there<lb/>is but one alternative, the event may give to<lb/>rashness the appearance of reason. But be this <lb/>as it may <add><del>if the</del></add> <note>if a measure be eligible<lb/> in other respects<lb/></note> a <add>mere</add> presumption of <del>the</del> <add>its</add> unpopularity<lb/>however well grounded in appearance can never<lb/>be a sufficient ground for its rejection. Where<lb/> experiment can be made, neither in this case<lb/>nor in any other is there any prudence in<lb/>truting to vague conjecture. Are you apprehensive<lb/> the people will be averse to your measure?<lb/> propose it to them and see. If they<lb/> should not the objection is at an end. If they <lb/>should, you are but where you were.<lb/></p> | ||
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Exposing Person
Marking
Disadvantages
[Those who undertake positively He who undertakes to answer for pronounce with take upon themselves
to pronounce predict with confidence with any degree of assurance what will be the
sentiments of the people] on a new point on which
those sentiments have never yet [been tried] had
an opportunity of displaying may well be said to
reckon without his host.
his prediction can not be
said to be well-grounded,
even though the event
should prove it true.
predict pronounce what may
eventually be true, but [what in the mean
time is advanced] without sufficient ground.
The event In predictions of this nature where there
is but one alternative, the event may give to
rashness the appearance of reason. But be this
as it may if the if a measure be eligible
in other respects
a mere presumption of the its unpopularity
however well grounded in appearance can never
be a sufficient ground for its rejection. Where
experiment can be made, neither in this case
nor in any other is there any prudence in
truting to vague conjecture. Are you apprehensive
the people will be averse to your measure?
propose it to them and see. If they
should not the objection is at an end. If they
should, you are but where you were.
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