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' | <del>43</del><p>in this case, as in others, at the doors of those who make them. Knives,<lb/>however sharp, are very <sic>usefull</sic> things; and, for most purposes, the sharper, the more<lb/><sic>usefull</sic>. I have no fear therefore of your writing to forbid the use of them, because<lb/>they have been sometimes employed by School boys to raise the Devil with,<lb/>or by assassins to cut throats with.</p><p>I hope no critic of more learning than candour will do an<lb/>Inspection-house so much injustice as to compare it to <hi rend="underline">Dionysius's ear.</hi> The<lb/>object of that contrivance was, to know what prisoners said without their<lb/>suspecting any such thing. The object of the Inspection-principle is directly the<lb/>reverse: it is to make them not only suspect, but to be assured, that whatever<lb/>they do is known, even though that should not be the case. Detection is the<lb/>object of the first: prevention that of the latter. In the former case the ruling<lb/>person is a spy: <add>in</add> <del>In</del> the latter he is a <del>minister</del> <add>monitor.</add> The object of the first was to<lb/>pry into the secret recesses of the heart. The latter, confining its attention<lb/>to <hi rend="underline"><del>covert</del></hi> <hi rend="underline"><add>overt</add></hi> <hi rend="underline">acts</hi>, <del>leaving</del> <add>leaves</add> thoughts and fancies to their proper <hi rend="underline">Ordinary</hi>, the<lb/>Court above.</p> | ||
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in this case, as in others, at the doors of those who make them. Knives,
however sharp, are very usefull things; and, for most purposes, the sharper, the more
usefull. I have no fear therefore of your writing to forbid the use of them, because
they have been sometimes employed by School boys to raise the Devil with,
or by assassins to cut throats with.
I hope no critic of more learning than candour will do an
Inspection-house so much injustice as to compare it to Dionysius's ear. The
object of that contrivance was, to know what prisoners said without their
suspecting any such thing. The object of the Inspection-principle is directly the
reverse: it is to make them not only suspect, but to be assured, that whatever
they do is known, even though that should not be the case. Detection is the
object of the first: prevention that of the latter. In the former case the ruling
person is a spy: in In the latter he is a minister monitor. The object of the first was to
pry into the secret recesses of the heart. The latter, confining its attention
to covert overt acts, leaving leaves thoughts and fancies to their proper Ordinary, the
Court above.
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