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some experiments are necessary such as I cannot afford to make myself, and | |||
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such as I have no expectation of being assisted in making in this country, at | |||
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least not unless L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Howe was at the head of the Admiralty. In Russia I think | |||
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it very probable I may get them tried, & I will tell you my reasons for thinking so. | |||
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First in that country the good effects of attending to proposals for improvement have | |||
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been felt so much and so lately that they are not prejudiced against innovation in general. | |||
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The pains and <sic>expence</sic> they bestow in sending people to other countries for the purpose of bringing | |||
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home improvements <sic>shew</sic> that in their opinion improvements are at least possible. | |||
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Being at present at peace they have leisure to attend to improvement. The first Lord | |||
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of the Admiralty there happens to be a man who interests himself in the making improvements. | |||
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I should go recommended to him not as a poor man who not being able | |||
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to subsist in his own country, would be gald to go anywhere for a <sic>livlihood</sic>, but as a man | |||
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of Science as well as a Shipwright, and who is considered as such in his own country. | |||
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I should not go to him as one begging a <sic>favor</sic>. | |||
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some experiments are necessary such as I cannot afford to make myself, and
such as I have no expectation of being assisted in making in this country, at
least not unless Ld Howe was at the head of the Admiralty. In Russia I think
it very probable I may get them tried, & I will tell you my reasons for thinking so.
First in that country the good effects of attending to proposals for improvement have
been felt so much and so lately that they are not prejudiced against innovation in general.
The pains and expence they bestow in sending people to other countries for the purpose of bringing
home improvements shew that in their opinion improvements are at least possible.
Being at present at peace they have leisure to attend to improvement. The first Lord
of the Admiralty there happens to be a man who interests himself in the making improvements.
I should go recommended to him not as a poor man who not being able
to subsist in his own country, would be gald to go anywhere for a livlihood, but as a man
of Science as well as a Shipwright, and who is considered as such in his own country.
I should not go to him as one begging a favor.
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Samuel Bentham |
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