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To<hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> render our view <add>persuasion</add> of the slightness of the mischief <lb/> | To<hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> render our view <note>add still further to the <add>our</add> precision of our articulation <add>-ing</add> of [the mischief produced by] this crime add still further exactness to render our analysis of this mischief produced by this crime still more exact TO add our particular <gap/> to first the accuracy of our <gap/></note><add>persuasion</add> of the slightness of the mischief <lb/> | ||
produced by this crime, it is to be observed, that in <lb/> | produced by this crime, it is to be observed, that in <lb/> | ||
murder in general, even where an adult is the <add>suffering</add> subject <lb/> | murder in general, even where an adult is the <add>suffering</add> subject <lb/> | ||
of <add>object</add> the Crime, if we abstract the <add>misery</add> mischief occasioned <lb/> | of <add>object</add> the Crime, if we abstract the <add>misery</add> mischief occasioned <lb/> | ||
to his more immediate connections and the community by <lb/> | to his more immediate connections and the community by <lb/> | ||
the Grief & | the Grief & Terror consequent upon the event, the mischief <lb/> | ||
remaining <del>will be</del> little more than nominal <lb/> | remaining <del>will be</del> little more than nominal <lb/> | ||
will be so slight as to be hardly susceptible of <gap/><gap/>. <lb/> | will be so slight as to be hardly susceptible of <gap/><gap/>. <lb/> | ||
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in the loss of that <add>remaining</add> portion of happiness which the <lb/> | in the loss of that <add>remaining</add> portion of happiness which the <lb/> | ||
sufferer might be supposed to have enjoyed had his <lb/> | sufferer might be supposed to have enjoyed had his <lb/> | ||
life been protracted to <sic>it's</sic> natural period <add>length</add> | life been protracted to <sic>it's</sic> natural period <add>length</add> NOTE <lb/> [When <lb/> | ||
I say this, I suppose, <add>all along</add> that the portion <add>quantity</add> of happiness <lb/> | |||
enjoyed by mankind (<add>that part of it about which this work is particularly concerned</add> at least in this notion) exceeds <lb/> | |||
that of <gap/> sustained [by it] — a supposition <lb/> | |||
which the <add>notorious &</add> almost universal desire of longevity <add>abundantly</add> confirms, <lb/> | |||
& which nothing but the <add>inconsiderate</add> hasty transport of a mind <lb/> | |||
under the present influence of suffering or <gap/> can <lb/> | |||
controvert. accordingly 'tis only in poetical compositions <lb/> | |||
<note>which are conversant in the representing</note><del>where</del> the province <add>business <add>profanity <add>scope</add></add></add> of which is to paint in strong colors <lb/> | |||
individual<add> & transient</add> imprecisions, that the contrary notion is <unclear>endured</unclear> <lb/><pb/> | |||
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To+ render our view add still further to the our precision of our articulation -ing of [the mischief produced by] this crime add still further exactness to render our analysis of this mischief produced by this crime still more exact TO add our particular to first the accuracy of our persuasion of the slightness of the mischief
produced by this crime, it is to be observed, that in
murder in general, even where an adult is the suffering subject
of object the Crime, if we abstract the misery mischief occasioned
to his more immediate connections and the community by
the Grief & Terror consequent upon the event, the mischief
remaining will be little more than nominal
will be so slight as to be hardly susceptible of .
For with respect to the pain sustained in
consequence of the murderous destroying
act, which it may well be
supposed, & for this I must appeal to the observation of
the faulty Physicians that this upon an average, is if
any thing rather inferior to that with which
natural last illnesses are also upon an average accompanied.
There remains then only to be taken into
the account that part of the mischief which comes to
in the loss of that remaining portion of happiness which the
sufferer might be supposed to have enjoyed had his
life been protracted to it's natural period length NOTE
[When
I say this, I suppose, all along that the portion quantity of happiness
enjoyed by mankind (that part of it about which this work is particularly concerned at least in this notion) exceeds
that of sustained [by it] — a supposition
which the notorious & almost universal desire of longevity abundantly confirms,
& which nothing but the inconsiderate hasty transport of a mind
under the present influence of suffering or can
controvert. accordingly 'tis only in poetical compositions
which are conversant in the representingwhere the province business <add>profanity <add>scope</add></add> of which is to paint in strong colors
individual & transient imprecisions, that the contrary notion is endured
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