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1820. Novr 18 | |||
J.B. to Mora | |||
In speaking of the necessity of my working, <lb/> | |||
if at all, upon a compleatly independent footing, <lb/> | |||
nothing could be further from my wishes than that<lb/> | |||
of being the sole workman. It would not be fit I should, <lb/> | |||
even on the suppositionof my being, in even so high a<lb/> | |||
degree, more competent than every other. For, age<lb/> | |||
or faculties might terminate at any time before any<lb/> | |||
considerable progress has been made in the work:<lb/> | |||
and, in that case, on the supposition that nothing was<lb/> | |||
done towards it by any body else, there would be some<lb/> | |||
much time lost. What I reckon upon, therefore, as an indispensable measure in— that, whether I receive<lb/> | |||
the Commission or not, the Committee is going on<lb/> | |||
with its labours, just as if no such individual as myself<lb/> | |||
were in existence: in which case, even on the supposition<lb/> | |||
that, for the basis, my work came to be prefered<lb/> | |||
to that of the Committee, still with regard to a<lb/> | |||
multitude of local points in respecti of which I should<lb/> | |||
be necessarily at a fault, provision will have been<lb/> | |||
made by the Committee in regard to what it might<lb/> | |||
be perhaps be agreeable to them afterwards to receive my<lb/> | |||
observations. | |||
Another thing I should very glad to<lb/> | |||
see is — an ivitation from authority for as many<lb/> | |||
1820. Novr 18
J.B. to Mora
In speaking of the necessity of my working,
if at all, upon a compleatly independent footing,
nothing could be further from my wishes than that
of being the sole workman. It would not be fit I should,
even on the suppositionof my being, in even so high a
degree, more competent than every other. For, age
or faculties might terminate at any time before any
considerable progress has been made in the work:
and, in that case, on the supposition that nothing was
done towards it by any body else, there would be some
much time lost. What I reckon upon, therefore, as an indispensable measure in— that, whether I receive
the Commission or not, the Committee is going on
with its labours, just as if no such individual as myself
were in existence: in which case, even on the supposition
that, for the basis, my work came to be prefered
to that of the Committee, still with regard to a
multitude of local points in respecti of which I should
be necessarily at a fault, provision will have been
made by the Committee in regard to what it might
be perhaps be agreeable to them afterwards to receive my
observations.
Another thing I should very glad to
see is — an ivitation from authority for as many
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copy of letter 2713, vol. 10 |
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