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<p>more advantages than it were to be wished it had over indigent | <p>more advantages than it were to be wished it had over indigent | ||
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merit : and an artificial arrangement of this sort would | merit: and an artificial arrangement of this sort would | ||
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add to the natural incitements which urge a man from all | add to the natural incitements which urge a man from all | ||
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quarters to seek the acquirement of wealth by dishonesty | quarters to seek the acquirement of wealth by dishonesty | ||
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and other unworthy means. | and other unworthy means. As to the affections of the people, | ||
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so striking and oppressive a preference given to the | so striking and oppressive a preference given to the | ||
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less numerous class over the more numerous will naturally | less numerous class over the more numerous will naturally | ||
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be but ill relished by the latter . | be but ill relished by the latter. | ||
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<p><!-- indent -->The difference , it is true, is rather apparent than | <p><!-- indent -->The difference, it is true, is rather apparent than | ||
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real: for a man in responsible circumstances may probably | real: for a man in responsible circumstances may probably | ||
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goes along with it, as a man in irresponsible circumstances | goes along with it, as a man in irresponsible circumstances | ||
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would be by being made to undergo a severe corporal punishment : | would be by being made to undergo a severe corporal punishment: | ||
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and if both were to undergo the same corporal | and if both were to undergo the same corporal | ||
17.5
C
Of Simple Merchantile Defraudment
more advantages than it were to be wished it had over indigent
merit: and an artificial arrangement of this sort would
add to the natural incitements which urge a man from all
quarters to seek the acquirement of wealth by dishonesty
and other unworthy means. As to the affections of the people,
so striking and oppressive a preference given to the
less numerous class over the more numerous will naturally
be but ill relished by the latter.
The difference, it is true, is rather apparent than
real: for a man in responsible circumstances may probably
in point of fact suffer as much by being deprived of part
of his property, considering the share of reputation that
goes along with it, as a man in irresponsible circumstances
would be by being made to undergo a severe corporal punishment:
and if both were to undergo the same corporal
punishment, the punishment, that is the suffering, though
nominally [the same equal,] would in reality be very much the reverse. much greater to the latter.]
But this distinction , however real, is too subtle to be generally
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