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<p><add>without</add> knowing the pain it may cost them to<lb/>adhere to it. In this case of <add>This is a case above</add> all others <del>tham</del><lb/>a man can not to day foresee how strong will<lb/>be the appetite of tomorrow: he swallows the<lb/>bait before he can judge of <add>feel</add> the sharpness of the<lb/>hook.<lb/></p> | |||
<p><del>It may be <add>has been</add> said that in these case the hardship<lb/>is imaginary: since no one is forced enlisted into any<lb/>of these professions without his own consent. To this<lb/>it has been <sic>answere'd</sic> , that a consent unfairly<lb/>obtained is equivalent to none at all.<lb/></del></p> | |||
It has been said that as no is enlisted into<lb/>any of these professions the hardship <del>is im</del> without<lb/>his own consent the hardship is imaginary. So<lb/>indeed, it would be were the obligation to last as<lb/>long as the consent lasts and no longer: but the misfortune<lb/>is that the consent is the act of a moment<lb/>and the obligation lasts for life. There are <add>is</add> indeed<lb/>professions <add>a case</add> in which a consent equally<lb/>fleeting <add>transient</add> may be admitted to warrant a coercion<lb/>equally lasting. <del>However that of the</del> <add>Thus it is with the inferior branches of</add> the military<lb/>profession. <del>in all its branches</del> But here then the<lb/><add>coercion has</add> not only utility to justify it, but necessity. The<lb/>state could not exist without an army: nor <del>could</del><lb/>an army, were the members who compose it, at liberty<lb/><note>to</note><lb/><pb/> | |||
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without knowing the pain it may cost them to
adhere to it. In this case of This is a case above all others tham
a man can not to day foresee how strong will
be the appetite of tomorrow: he swallows the
bait before he can judge of feel the sharpness of the
hook.
It may be has been said that in these case the hardship
is imaginary: since no one is forced enlisted into any
of these professions without his own consent. To this
it has been answere'd , that a consent unfairly
obtained is equivalent to none at all.
It has been said that as no is enlisted into
any of these professions the hardship is im without
his own consent the hardship is imaginary. So
indeed, it would be were the obligation to last as
long as the consent lasts and no longer: but the misfortune
is that the consent is the act of a moment
and the obligation lasts for life. There are is indeed
professions a case in which a consent equally
fleeting transient may be admitted to warrant a coercion
equally lasting. However that of the Thus it is with the inferior branches of the military
profession. in all its branches But here then the
coercion has not only utility to justify it, but necessity. The
state could not exist without an army: nor could
an army, were the members who compose it, at liberty
to
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