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<p>Thus far I have proceeded in my endeavour<lb/>to <del>lay</del> ransack the <del>storehouses</del> treasures<lb/>and lay open the mysteries of [legislative] | <p>Thus far I have proceeded in my endeavour<lb/>to <del>lay</del> ransack the <del>storehouses</del> treasures<lb/>and lay open the mysteries of [legislative] | ||
policy. <note>And of what policy?<lb/></note> [I mean always of that sort of policy<lb/>which operates in the way of legislation and<lb/>is grounded on the principle of utility:] [not the <lb/>art of tricking <add>over-reaching</add> and cajoling] not the art <add>policy</add> of dealing <lb/>with <del>A & B</del> <add>individuals [Doe & Roe]</add>, but the art of <note>giving a <del><gap/></del> form <lb/>and colour<lb/></note> [giving a bias <add>setting a lead moulding into form</add>]<lb/>to the [manners] <add>conduct</add> and characters of nations: not the<lb/><del>art of</del> policy <add>artifice</add> of the moment, but the policy of ages:<lb/>not the art of <del>tr</del> over-reaching and cajoling [men], <note>individuals</note> but<lb/>the art of making <add>[them]</add> happy: not the art of pursuing<lb/>the <del>petty <add>personal</add> interests</del> little <del>selfish</del> <add>personal <del>exclusive</del></add> interests of the sovereign,<lb/> but the art of promoting the grand and <lb/>comprehensive <add>wide-extending</add> interests of those for whom he is<lb/>in trust: [in a word] <add>in fine</add> [not the policy <del>which can</del> <add>which shuns<lb/>the light, but that which courts it:] not the policy</add><del>shuns the light, but that which courts it.</del><lb/>which if not <add>unless</add> concealed must <add>will</add> be ineffectual; but<lb/><del>of</del> that which is the more effectual, the more<lb/><add>thoroughly</add> universally it is known <add>understood</add>: <note>attended to and understood.<lb/></note> not the policy which<lb/>shuns the light, but that which courts it: <add>in a word</add> not<lb/> <note>the</note></p> | policy. <note>And of what policy?<lb/></note> [I mean always of that sort of policy<lb/>which operates in the way of legislation and<lb/>is grounded on the principle of utility:] [not the <lb/>art of tricking <add>over-reaching</add> and cajoling] not the art <add>policy</add> of dealing <lb/>with <del>A & B</del> <add>individuals [Doe & Roe]</add>, but the art of <note>giving a <del><gap/></del> form <lb/>and colour<lb/></note> [giving a bias <add>setting a lead moulding into form</add>]<lb/>to the [manners] <add>conduct</add> and characters of nations: not the<lb/><del>art of</del> policy <add>artifice</add> of the moment, but the policy of ages:<lb/>not the art of <del>tr</del> over-reaching and cajoling [men], <note>individuals</note> but<lb/>the art of making <add>[them]</add> happy: not the art of pursuing<lb/>the <del>petty <add>personal</add> interests</del> little <del>selfish</del> <add>personal <del>exclusive</del></add> interests of the sovereign,<lb/> but the art of promoting the grand and <lb/>comprehensive <add>wide-extending</add> interests of those for whom he is<lb/>in trust: [in a word] <add>in fine</add> [not the policy <del>which can</del> <add>which shuns<lb/>the light, but that which courts it:] not the policy</add> <del>shuns the light, but that which courts it.</del><lb/>which if not <add>unless</add> concealed must <add>will</add> be ineffectual; but<lb/><del>of</del> that which is the more effectual, the more<lb/><add>thoroughly</add> universally it is known <add>understood</add>: <note>attended to and understood.<lb/></note> not the policy which<lb/>shuns the light, but that which courts it: <add>in a word</add> not<lb/> <note>the</note></p> | ||
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Conclusion
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Conclusion
Dignity of the
policy here explained
Thus far I have proceeded in my endeavour
to lay ransack the storehouses treasures
and lay open the mysteries of [legislative]
policy. And of what policy?
[I mean always of that sort of policy
which operates in the way of legislation and
is grounded on the principle of utility:] [not the
art of tricking over-reaching and cajoling] not the art policy of dealing
with A & B individuals [Doe & Roe], but the art of giving a form
and colour
[giving a bias setting a lead moulding into form]
to the [manners] conduct and characters of nations: not the
art of policy artifice of the moment, but the policy of ages:
not the art of tr over-reaching and cajoling [men], individuals but
the art of making [them] happy: not the art of pursuing
the petty personal interests little selfish personal exclusive interests of the sovereign,
but the art of promoting the grand and
comprehensive wide-extending interests of those for whom he is
in trust: [in a word] in fine [not the policy which can which shuns
the light, but that which courts it:] not the policy shuns the light, but that which courts it.
which if not unless concealed must will be ineffectual; but
of that which is the more effectual, the more
thoroughly universally it is known understood: attended to and understood.
not the policy which
shuns the light, but that which courts it: in a word not
the
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