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<p>without any assignable reason that I know of, would be superseded.<lb/> | |||
It would be setting an inferior authority to reverse the<lb/> | |||
judgment of a superior one. I would be manifesting more<lb/> | |||
confidence in an interested Projector, than in those interested<lb/> | |||
& dignified Trustees.</p> | |||
<p>A new choice could not therefore with any propriety<lb/> | |||
be made without imposing a second lead upon some<lb/> | |||
of the first persons of the kingdom, whose time could very ill<lb/> | |||
be spared. It cost three years to get from them a first choice:<lb/> | |||
how much more time would it cost to get a second? What<lb/> | |||
spot too would it be expected of them to choose? — The same<lb/> | |||
spot? — It would be <sic><hi rend="underline">actum</hi> <hi rend="underline">agere</hi></sic>: a solemn & expensive<lb/> | |||
farce. A different spot? — but why a different one? They<lb/> | |||
must condemn their Predecessots: they must condemn themselves:<lb/> | |||
for in respect of a considerable if not the greater part<lb/> | |||
of the number, the body is still composed of the same members.<lb/> | |||
They must pass condemnation then on the former choice:<lb/> | |||
but on what grounds? and to what purpose? I am sure I<lb/> | |||
know not. Will it be said that the <hi rend="underline">neighbourhood</hi> was not<lb/> | |||
on that occasion sufficiently considered? the pleasurableness<lb/> | |||
of the situation, & the tastes and feelings of its inhabitants?<lb/> | |||
— That can not be, a prior choice had actually been<lb/> | |||
made: that prior choice rejected by this very tribunal, and<lb/> | |||
on this very ground of objection: & the choice of the present<lb/> | |||
situation confirmed in preference to that prior choice, as<lb/> | |||
<add>being</add></p> | |||
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without any assignable reason that I know of, would be superseded.
It would be setting an inferior authority to reverse the
judgment of a superior one. I would be manifesting more
confidence in an interested Projector, than in those interested
& dignified Trustees.
A new choice could not therefore with any propriety
be made without imposing a second lead upon some
of the first persons of the kingdom, whose time could very ill
be spared. It cost three years to get from them a first choice:
how much more time would it cost to get a second? What
spot too would it be expected of them to choose? — The same
spot? — It would be actum agere: a solemn & expensive
farce. A different spot? — but why a different one? They
must condemn their Predecessots: they must condemn themselves:
for in respect of a considerable if not the greater part
of the number, the body is still composed of the same members.
They must pass condemnation then on the former choice:
but on what grounds? and to what purpose? I am sure I
know not. Will it be said that the neighbourhood was not
on that occasion sufficiently considered? the pleasurableness
of the situation, & the tastes and feelings of its inhabitants?
— That can not be, a prior choice had actually been
made: that prior choice rejected by this very tribunal, and
on this very ground of objection: & the choice of the present
situation confirmed in preference to that prior choice, as
being
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