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But in a society where promises were not observed<lb/>what would be the <add>bad</add> consequence? that the society could<lb/>not be kept together: now that is the very thing that<lb/>is wanted .<add>denied.</add> The informer and his accomplices formed <add>were</add> <lb/>a little society among themselves of which the interests<lb/>were <add>run</add> in opposition to those of the great society of the state.<lb/>the prosperity <add>welfare</add> of the latter depended on the ruin <add>subvention</add> of the<lb/>former. It is a common saying there is a sort of honour<lb/>among thieves: this is true: <add>else what?</add> else in cases which require concert there <del>The</del> would be no such thing as thievery. But by <add>for</add> this honour, though<lb/>the thieves themselves are the better, other people <add>the rest</add> in as far as it <del>thus</del> applies<lb/>itself to the giving strength & union to them <add>their</add> in their criminal capacities<lb/>are so much the worse | |||
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But in a society where promises were not observed
what would be the bad consequence? that the society could
not be kept together: now that is the very thing that
is wanted .denied. The informer and his accomplices formed were
a little society among themselves of which the interests
were run in opposition to those of the great society of the state.
the prosperity welfare of the latter depended on the ruin subvention of the
former. It is a common saying there is a sort of honour
among thieves: this is true: else what? else in cases which require concert there The would be no such thing as thievery. But by for this honour, though
the thieves themselves are the better, other people the rest in as far as it thus applies
itself to the giving strength & union to them their in their criminal capacities
are so much the worse
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jeremy bentham |
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