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<p> opposition thus this great price was to <del>come out<lb/> of the pocket of the public, instead of</del> be so much<lb/> dead expense to the public instead of being <del><gap/></del> almost<lb/> immediately reimbursed as upon the present<lb/> plan: Striking around of course for objections he<lb/> expressed some surprize at the idea of Administrations<lb/> advancing money for such a purpose<lb/> previous to and therefore without the sanction of Parliament.<lb/> My answer was that they would not<lb/> <del><gap/></del> advance the money without having value in land.<lb/> his answer was that it could not but be an<lb/> retro-value: my <del>ans</del> reply was or ought have <lb/>been, that if so it was to his advantage, and<lb/> at any rate it did not be in his mouth to criminate<lb/> them for it. <del>I might and would <add> should</add> have<lb/> added</del><lb/> moreover I did add that though the advance<lb/> would be theirs the <del>risk</del> <add> extra expense and ultimate hazard</add> would be mine. To<lb/> obviate the <del>id</del> unpleasant idea of a personal <lb/> contest I begged him to consider that the choice<lb/>such as it was, was none of mine, that I look<lb/> it as I found it, that standing in the predicament <lb/> of an individual<del>ly obviously</del> interested I<lb/> might not have had courage to pitch <add> propose</add> upon such a<lb/>place, but that funding such as a choice ready made <lb/> to my hands by competent authority, I saw at<lb/> <add>reason</add> </p> | |||
opposition thus this great price was to come out
of the pocket of the public, instead of be so much
dead expense to the public instead of being almost
immediately reimbursed as upon the present
plan: Striking around of course for objections he
expressed some surprize at the idea of Administrations
advancing money for such a purpose
previous to and therefore without the sanction of Parliament.
My answer was that they would not
advance the money without having value in land.
his answer was that it could not but be an
retro-value: my ans reply was or ought have
been, that if so it was to his advantage, and
at any rate it did not be in his mouth to criminate
them for it. I might and would should have
added
moreover I did add that though the advance
would be theirs the risk extra expense and ultimate hazard would be mine. To
obviate the id unpleasant idea of a personal
contest I begged him to consider that the choice
such as it was, was none of mine, that I look
it as I found it, that standing in the predicament
of an individually obviously interested I
might not have had courage to pitch propose upon such a
place, but that funding such as a choice ready made
to my hands by competent authority, I saw at
reason
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1793-09-23 |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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