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<p>There is reason for not loving time. On board on of<lb/> | |||
the Hulks, the prisoners are perishing between 1/5 and<lb/> | |||
1/6<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> of them in a year — I have counted. <del><gap/></del> It is<lb/> | |||
the habitual rate — I speak from the Reports. Their<lb/> | |||
employment is — fouling the ship, or, to | |||
speak the Contractor's<lb/> | |||
Language, "<hi rend="underline">keeping it clean</hi>": a task easy enough<lb/> | |||
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There is reason for not loving time. On board on of
the Hulks, the prisoners are perishing between 1/5 and
1/6th of them in a year — I have counted. It is
the habitual rate — I speak from the Reports. Their
employment is — fouling the ship, or, to
speak the Contractor's
Language, "keeping it clean": a task easy enough
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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