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' | <p>from blind reverence, from habit, from<lb/>inattention from timidity</p> <p>Those gross <add>obscene & jarring</add> principles which hitherto<lb/> have been in possession of governing<lb/> the decisions on this head.</p> <p><note><del>That men may understand,<lb/>that <sic>tho'</sic> they<lb/> do not actually propose<lb/> to themselves the<lb/><gap[/> of the <gap/><lb/> event, they are to take<lb/> care not to use such<lb/> instruments from which <add>the <gap/></add> <lb/> such an event is any<lb/> ways likely to <gap/> — but<lb/> who shall mark out by</del><lb/> penal <gap/> the degrees<lb/> of probability? The Judges have</note> been led to attempt <gap/> <add><gap/> it</add> <gap/> — but with such<lb/>miserable success as points not in a striking arrow<lb/>the impossibility <add><gap/></add> of the attempt. </p> <p>As <!-- written beneath --><add>we observed under the title of accident that the gradations and<lb/> the obviousness of connection between the energy & the calamitous<lb/>accident were too impossible to be masked out by general & permanent<lb/> rules so we may here observe that</add> the modifications of countenance<lb/> from the combination of which <add>3 classes</add> the<lb/>intention is to be collected, <add>as in a manner infinite</add> it appears<lb/>at first sight & I believe the most<lb/>studious examination will confirm <add>that</add> the<lb/>appearance) impossible to <sic>comprize</sic> them<lb/>within any general Rules — In no two<lb/>cases will the combination be perfectly</p> <p><note>When <add>as I have</add> the gradations of<lb/> guilt are so equivocal<lb/>& insensible, such ghastly<lb/> precipices in the Scale<lb/> of punishment, <gap/><lb/> <gap/> from impunity<lb/> mounting up to <add>is contiguous to <gap/> it may</add><lb/> ruin, betray evidently<lb/> the hasty workmanship<lb/> of a rude age: & call<lb/> for the hand of a better<lb/> to smooth them down. <add>lay them smooth</add> </note></p> | ||
from blind reverence, from habit, from
inattention from timidity
Those gross obscene & jarring principles which hitherto
have been in possession of governing
the decisions on this head.
That men may understand,
that tho' they
do not actually propose
to themselves the
<gap[/> of the
event, they are to take
care not to use such
instruments from which the
such an event is any
ways likely to — but
who shall mark out by
penal the degrees
of probability? The Judges have been led to attempt it — but with such
miserable success as points not in a striking arrow
the impossibility of the attempt.
As we observed under the title of accident that the gradations and
the obviousness of connection between the energy & the calamitous
accident were too impossible to be masked out by general & permanent
rules so we may here observe that the modifications of countenance
from the combination of which 3 classes the
intention is to be collected, as in a manner infinite it appears
at first sight & I believe the most
studious examination will confirm that the
appearance) impossible to comprize them
within any general Rules — In no two
cases will the combination be perfectly
When as I have the gradations of
guilt are so equivocal
& insensible, such ghastly
precipices in the Scale
of punishment,
from impunity
mounting up to is contiguous to it may
ruin, betray evidently
the hasty workmanship
of a rude age: & call
for the hand of a better
to smooth them down. lay them smooth
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exemptions accident |
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jeremy bentham |
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