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<p> It would be better that the Copies of Code should be <hi rend="underline">bound | <p> It would be better that the Copies of Code should be <hi rend="underline">bound | ||
</hi>, neatly though <lb/> not richly. Suppose 4 Copies in English and at least 6 better 10 <lb/ | </hi>, neatly though <lb/> not richly. Suppose 4 Copies in English and at least 6 better 10 <lb/> in German. I was misinformed when I understood that the making <lb/> of a Code in this country was <sic>dropt</sic>. It is here that the happy <lb/> effects of a reformation in jurisprudence are to be seen daily. Parts of <lb/> this <add> new</add> Code which make their appearance [ which are <del><gap/></del> <add> promulgated</add> occasionally<lb/>from time to time prove the attention which is still given to this <lb/> subject. How earnestly I wish this work of yours was <del><gap/></del> ready! If it <lb/> is not now too late do not leave out the note on <hi rend="underline">ascetism</hi>, unless <lb/>you have any <del><gap/></del> particular views which that would be adverse<lb/>to: at least let my advice get the better of your German friend's.<lb/> In this country at any rate any thing said indirectly against Religion<lb/> will not hurt the credit of a book in the eyes of those whose judgement<lb/> will be attended to. The Religion here <sic>'tis</sic> true consists <del>of</del> in <lb/> a vast number of ceremonies: but the priests <del><gap/></del> have no influence <lb/> in the jurisprudence nor in the Education. They have no respect<lb/> <sic>shewn</sic> them but what they <sic>shew | ||
</sic> to each other. Indeed they have <lb/> their hands <unclear> | </sic> to each other. Indeed they have <lb/> their hands <unclear>blessed</unclear> as a salutation from the devout and as a ceremony<lb/> in the church upon certain festivals; but they are never seen in <add> fashionable</add> company.<lb/> A Governor or Commander may on a particular <sic>holliday</sic> invite the principal <lb/> of the priests, but he has only to eat & drink, he is taken little or no<lb/> notice of, and when dinner is over he makes his bow & marches off.</p> <p>What think you of a Governor who rules over 110,000 people whose <lb/> sole object is to avail himself of the power that is given him only <lb/> to produce as much happiness as he can. Such a man it is my good <lb/> fortune to have found a friendship with:<lb/> <del> but done <foreign>avec la plus grande difficulte</foreign></del> </p> | ||
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It would be better that the Copies of Code should be bound
, neatly though
not richly. Suppose 4 Copies in English and at least 6 better 10
in German. I was misinformed when I understood that the making
of a Code in this country was dropt. It is here that the happy
effects of a reformation in jurisprudence are to be seen daily. Parts of
this new Code which make their appearance [ which are promulgated occasionally
from time to time prove the attention which is still given to this
subject. How earnestly I wish this work of yours was ready! If it
is not now too late do not leave out the note on ascetism, unless
you have any particular views which that would be adverse
to: at least let my advice get the better of your German friend's.
In this country at any rate any thing said indirectly against Religion
will not hurt the credit of a book in the eyes of those whose judgement
will be attended to. The Religion here 'tis true consists of in
a vast number of ceremonies: but the priests have no influence
in the jurisprudence nor in the Education. They have no respect
shewn them but what they shew
to each other. Indeed they have
their hands blessed as a salutation from the devout and as a ceremony
in the church upon certain festivals; but they are never seen in fashionable company.
A Governor or Commander may on a particular holliday invite the principal
of the priests, but he has only to eat & drink, he is taken little or no
notice of, and when dinner is over he makes his bow & marches off.
What think you of a Governor who rules over 110,000 people whose
sole object is to avail himself of the power that is given him only
to produce as much happiness as he can. Such a man it is my good
fortune to have found a friendship with:
but done avec la plus grande difficulte
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Samuel Bentham |
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