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<p>with the redaction of the Cahier, and it seems to<lb/> | <p>with the redaction of the Cahier, and it seems to<lb/> | ||
be that | be that Which has retarded the election at Paris<lb/> | ||
of which we have no account tho' the States<lb/> | of which we have no account tho' the States<lb/> | ||
have met— If they will instruct let them at<lb/> | have met— If they will instruct let them at<lb/> | ||
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ought be carried & obeyed— But this<lb/> | ought be carried & obeyed— But this<lb/> | ||
part of your task is not so <unclear>pressing</unclear>— By the<lb/> | part of your task is not so <unclear>pressing</unclear>— By the<lb/> | ||
bye | bye dont you think the terms Discipline &<lb/> | ||
tactics as dangerous to the liberty of the Assembly<lb/> | tactics as dangerous to the liberty of the Assembly<lb/> | ||
as the word Marshall which in your first note<lb/> | as the word Marshall which in your first note<lb/> | ||
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not equal in importance to the rest & might perhaps<lb/> | not equal in importance to the rest & might perhaps<lb/> | ||
have been shortened— There are occasionally great<lb/> | have been shortened— There are occasionally great<lb/> | ||
faults in the style— a fondness for | faults in the style— a fondness for parentheses which<lb/> | ||
tend much to intricacy & obscurity, & generally only seem<lb/> | tend much to intricacy & obscurity, & generally only seem<lb/> | ||
to introduce some idea which would naturally occur to<lb/> | to introduce some idea which would naturally occur to<lb/> | ||
with the redaction of the Cahier, and it seems to
be that Which has retarded the election at Paris
of which we have no account tho' the States
have met— If they will instruct let them at
least do it afterwards— I hope when you
have disciplined these States you will tell them
how to elect the next & how far their instruction
ought be carried & obeyed— But this
part of your task is not so pressing— By the
bye dont you think the terms Discipline &
tactics as dangerous to the liberty of the Assembly
as the word Marshall which in your first note
you are so afraid of— That note & one or two
other passages which we have remarked upon are
not equal in importance to the rest & might perhaps
have been shortened— There are occasionally great
faults in the style— a fondness for parentheses which
tend much to intricacy & obscurity, & generally only seem
to introduce some idea which would naturally occur to
the reader, & if did not might be spared— and
a passion for Metaphor which does not suit with a
didactic work— Haste too has sometimes prevented
you from attending to the consistency of your figures—
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letter 656, vol. 4; also printed, with a few errors, in bowring, x, 199-200; enclosures are now missing |
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