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'' | <p>If we had never had those advantages at all<lb/> | ||
we should never have had them to regret.<lb/> | |||
But we have had them — we have lost<lb/> | |||
them — we regret them — <unclear>&</unclear> that is <hi rend='underline'>pain</hi>.</p> | |||
<p>Two sorts of mischief are therefore consequences<lb/> | |||
of engagements thus broken —<lb/> | |||
Loss of Pleasure — & accession of Pain.</p> | |||
<p>What can be more simple than these<lb/> | |||
considerations, more obvious or more conclusive?<lb/> | |||
Nothing. What else can shew a reason<lb/> | |||
why <add>it is right</add> that <del>fulfilling</del> <unclear>&</unclear> such engagements should<lb/> | |||
be fulfilled — why it is to be <hi rend='underline'>wished</hi> for?<lb/> | |||
Why the fulfilling of them has the approbation<lb/> | |||
of him who has of it? why the not<lb/> | |||
fulfilling them has his disapprobation.</p> | |||
<p> | |||
Consult <add>Maintain</add> the Jurists, you have quite another<lb/> | |||
language — Pleasure <del>and</del> <add>or</add> pain, <unclear>whither</unclear><lb/> | |||
more in one case than in the other.<lb/> | |||
they never trouble themselves to enquire —<lb/> | |||
as if pleasure and pain were no part of man's concern. | |||
</p> | |||
<pb/> | |||
<head>INTROD. Idea of a Compact</head> | |||
<pb/> | |||
<p>There <add>These <add>say that</add>are promises</add> is a certain Law of nature which <hi rend='underline'>obliges</hi><lb/> | |||
you to perform your promises — you are<lb/> | |||
<hi rend='underline'>bound</hi><hi rend='underline'>underlined text</hi> by it. If you do not perform your<lb/> | |||
promises, you violate that Law of Nature —<lb/> | |||
Do you ask me why I disapprove of your<lb/> | |||
not performing your promises & <del>I</del> we tell you<lb/> | |||
it is because we say so — all the world says so<lb/> | |||
you are the most unreasonable <del>people</del> <add>man</add> in<lb/> | |||
the world if you say <del>you <unclear>disagree</unclear></del> <add>otherwise</add> Ask them<lb/> | |||
what they mean by your being bound? What<lb/> | |||
is this same Law of Nature — where it is?<lb/> | |||
Who made it — How <del>you</del> it comes to oblige<lb/> | |||
you? <hi rend='underline'>Why</hi> it <del>comes to</del> obliges you — <add>By what means it obliges you</add> <del><gap/></del> | |||
<note></note> | |||
</p> | |||
If we had never had those advantages at all
we should never have had them to regret.
But we have had them — we have lost
them — we regret them — & that is pain.
Two sorts of mischief are therefore consequences
of engagements thus broken —
Loss of Pleasure — & accession of Pain.
What can be more simple than these
considerations, more obvious or more conclusive?
Nothing. What else can shew a reason
why it is right that fulfilling & such engagements should
be fulfilled — why it is to be wished for?
Why the fulfilling of them has the approbation
of him who has of it? why the not
fulfilling them has his disapprobation.
Consult Maintain the Jurists, you have quite another
language — Pleasure and or pain, whither
more in one case than in the other.
they never trouble themselves to enquire —
as if pleasure and pain were no part of man's concern.
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INTROD. Idea of a Compact
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There These <add>say thatare promises</add> is a certain Law of nature which obliges
you to perform your promises — you are
boundunderlined text by it. If you do not perform your
promises, you violate that Law of Nature —
Do you ask me why I disapprove of your
not performing your promises & I we tell you
it is because we say so — all the world says so
you are the most unreasonable people man in
the world if you say you disagree otherwise Ask them
what they mean by your being bound? What
is this same Law of Nature — where it is?
Who made it — How you it comes to oblige
you? Why it comes to obliges you — By what means it obliges you
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introd. idea of a compact |
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