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<p>My dear Sir.</p> | |||
<p>August 1. 1821.</p> | |||
<p>I pray you to accept my best | |||
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thanks for the tracts you have sent me. There is | |||
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something in the American Character<lb/> - I feel it - | |||
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that makes us as much interested in "Spanish | |||
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and Portuguese Affairs" approaching to freedom as | |||
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in our own affairs. I will say <hi rend="underline">almost</hi> as much | |||
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interested — for sake of the Sceptics under despotic governments | |||
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& Monarchies - who <del><gap/></del> believe it not<!-- "believe it not" is overwritten on previously deleted text --> possible - | |||
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that a town, or country, a State, or a People, should | |||
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care much for the happiness & freedom of other nations. | |||
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I believe I need not assure you that I do, and from | |||
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your acquaintance with the principles & Institutions of | |||
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freedom in the U.S. it will not be a very great | |||
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stretch of imagination to believe that we, are interested | |||
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in freedom in every Clime & every quarter of the | |||
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globe.</p> | |||
<p>I am D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Sir | |||
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your very obedient | |||
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J. Adam Smith</p> | |||
<p>To | |||
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Jeremy Bentham | |||
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Q.S. Place.</p> | |||
My dear Sir.
August 1. 1821.
I pray you to accept my best
thanks for the tracts you have sent me. There is
something in the American Character
- I feel it -
that makes us as much interested in "Spanish
and Portuguese Affairs" approaching to freedom as
in our own affairs. I will say almost as much
interested — for sake of the Sceptics under despotic governments
& Monarchies - who believe it not possible -
that a town, or country, a State, or a People, should
care much for the happiness & freedom of other nations.
I believe I need not assure you that I do, and from
your acquaintance with the principles & Institutions of
freedom in the U.S. it will not be a very great
stretch of imagination to believe that we, are interested
in freedom in every Clime & every quarter of the
globe.
I am Dr Sir
your very obedient
J. Adam Smith
To
Jeremy Bentham
Q.S. Place.
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