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<p><add>to</add> a whole nation?<lb/></p><p>Nor would the sacrifice be <add>really</add> so great in reality as <add>as it appears<lb/>to be</add> in appearance. A King <add>however absolute</add> may throw off the whole<lb/>of his power easily enough: but <add>even were he ever so much <gap/></add> it is not so easy<lb/>to throw off a part as might be imagined: the<lb/>part that remains will still continue to draw after<lb/>it the rest. It would <del>take</del> require pains to train a<lb/>people up to freedom: and there are nations perhaps<lb/>that <add>would not</add> for a long time would not be able <add>be in a condition | <p><add>to</add> a whole nation?<lb/></p><p>Nor would the sacrifice be <add>really</add> so great in reality as <add>as it appears<lb/>to be</add> in appearance. A King <add>however absolute</add> may throw off the whole<lb/>of his power easily enough: but <add>even were he ever so much <gap/></add> it is not so easy<lb/>to throw off a part as might be imagined: the<lb/>part that remains will still continue to draw after<lb/>it the rest. It would <del>take</del> require pains to train a<lb/>people up to freedom: and there are nations perhaps<lb/>that <add>would not</add> for a long time would not be able <add>be in a condition | ||
</add> to <lb/>receive it. A <del>people</del> nation that <add>which</add> [<del>had</del> from time<lb/>immemorial had worn the yoke of <del>ab</del> arbitrary<lb/>power] for a length of time had been under arbitrary<lb/>government were to be thus taken into partnership<lb/><del>would</del> and entrusted with a share in the<lb/>management of its own affairs would feel as awkward<lb/>for sometime as a child just taken out of<lb/>the nursery.<lb/></p><p>I will suppose then for argument sake that<lb/>an absolute prince had a mind <add>were minded</add> to establish in his<lb/>dominions a <sic>mixt</sic> government somewhat upon the <add>of the<lb/>nature</add> plan of the British, to take place after his death: <note>reserving to himself only <lb/>the power of conferring favours, <lb/>& consigning the jus <lb/><unclear> | </add> to <lb/>receive it. A <del>people</del> nation that <add>which</add> [<del>had</del> from time<lb/>immemorial had worn the yoke of <del>ab</del> arbitrary<lb/>power] for a length of time had been under arbitrary<lb/>government were to be thus taken into partnership<lb/><del>would</del> and entrusted with a share in the<lb/>management of its own affairs would feel as awkward<lb/>for sometime as a child just taken out of<lb/>the nursery.<lb/></p><p>I will suppose then for argument sake that<lb/>an absolute prince had a mind <add>were minded</add> to establish in his<lb/>dominions a <sic>mixt</sic> government somewhat upon the <add>of the<lb/>nature</add> plan of the British, to take place after his death: <note>reserving to himself only <lb/>the power of conferring favours, <lb/>& consigning the jus <lb/><unclear>revendi</unclear> to hands which <lb/>would be still less likely to <lb/>abuse it<lb/></note>how would <add>should</add> he go about it? were he to attempt to<lb/>do it by will, we may form a pretty good guess from<lb/>experience what the will <add>it</add> would come to <add>deference <del>to</del> it would meet with would be paid to it </add> . The successor<lb/>would hardly choose to satisfy <del>the</del> an arrangement of <lb/><note>which</note></p> | ||
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to a whole nation?
Nor would the sacrifice be really so great in reality as as it appears
to be in appearance. A King however absolute may throw off the whole
of his power easily enough: but even were he ever so much it is not so easy
to throw off a part as might be imagined: the
part that remains will still continue to draw after
it the rest. It would take require pains to train a
people up to freedom: and there are nations perhaps
that would not for a long time would not be able be in a condition
to
receive it. A people nation that which [had from time
immemorial had worn the yoke of ab arbitrary
power] for a length of time had been under arbitrary
government were to be thus taken into partnership
would and entrusted with a share in the
management of its own affairs would feel as awkward
for sometime as a child just taken out of
the nursery.
I will suppose then for argument sake that
an absolute prince had a mind were minded to establish in his
dominions a mixt government somewhat upon the of the
nature plan of the British, to take place after his death: reserving to himself only
the power of conferring favours,
& consigning the jus
revendi to hands which
would be still less likely to
abuse it
how would should he go about it? were he to attempt to
do it by will, we may form a pretty good guess from
experience what the will it would come to deference to it would meet with would be paid to it . The successor
would hardly choose to satisfy the an arrangement of
which
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