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<p>5. Appointing an Agent for <add><del>conducting</del> <add>carrying on</add></add> the correspondence.<lb/> | |||
<del>My resid</del> and upon occasion exhibiting the model.<lb/> | |||
1. My residence not being in London would<lb/> | |||
not answer the purpose. 2. The name of a man<lb/> | |||
like myself not in any way of business you<lb/> | |||
will see at first glance can not stand with propriety<lb/> | |||
at the bottom of an advertisement of this<lb/> | |||
sort. 3. My time will be sufficiently occupied<lb/> | |||
without being consumed in mechanical parts<lb/> | |||
of the business that may as well be done by<lb/> | |||
any body else. 4. I am not fond of accounts<lb/> | |||
nor of pecuniary responsibility and I dare<lb/> | |||
say your politeness will <add>incline you to</add> relieve me from both<lb/> | |||
these <sic>burthens</sic>. 5. My name at the bottom<lb/> | |||
of such an advertisement would publish the nature<lb/> | |||
of the business in the first instance to<lb/> | |||
many: and they would ask me <add>what business</add> I had with<lb/> | |||
schemers and manufacturers?</p> | |||
<p>A man <del>who by</del> <add>whose</add> profession <del>acts for</del> <add>it is to act</add> for other<lb/> | |||
people covers <del>every thing</del> whatever is thought<lb/> | |||
proper to be covered. You, I presume, Sir, <lb/> | |||
have nobody in particular that you would prefer<lb/> | |||
in this <unclear>view</unclear>. In that presumption I take<lb/> | |||
the liberty of proposing <del>a person particularly</del> <add><del>gentleman whose country-</del></add> <add><del><gap/></del> <add><del><gap/> <gap/> a</del></add></add></p> | |||
5. Appointing an Agent for conducting <add>carrying on</add> the correspondence.
My resid and upon occasion exhibiting the model.
1. My residence not being in London would
not answer the purpose. 2. The name of a man
like myself not in any way of business you
will see at first glance can not stand with propriety
at the bottom of an advertisement of this
sort. 3. My time will be sufficiently occupied
without being consumed in mechanical parts
of the business that may as well be done by
any body else. 4. I am not fond of accounts
nor of pecuniary responsibility and I dare
say your politeness will incline you to relieve me from both
these burthens. 5. My name at the bottom
of such an advertisement would publish the nature
of the business in the first instance to
many: and they would ask me what business I had with
schemers and manufacturers?
A man who by whose profession acts for it is to act for other
people covers every thing whatever is thought
proper to be covered. You, I presume, Sir,
have nobody in particular that you would prefer
in this view. In that presumption I take
the liberty of proposing a person particularly gentleman whose country- <add> a</add>
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jeremy bentham |
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benjamin constant |
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draft of letter 711, vol. 4 |
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