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<note>DIG. Style — bad.<lb/> | |||
Causes of — 1. <add>The</add> Notion<lb/> | |||
that precision<lb/> | |||
is as the<lb/> | |||
Number of the<lb/> | |||
words. 1st. <unclear>Amono</unclear><lb/> | |||
Lawyers.</note> | |||
<p><!-- indented -->Where two circumstances are frequently concomitant there | <p><!-- indented -->Where two circumstances are frequently concomitant there | ||
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There are no set of men who give so many words as Lawyers | There are no set of men who give so many words as Lawyers | ||
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Hence it becomes a notion , <sic>tho'</sic> the precision of the legal words | Hence it becomes a notion, <sic>tho'</sic> the precision of the legal words | ||
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is owing to their multitu<del>b</del>de. | is owing to their multitu<del>b</del>de. | ||
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of another word shall make it precise: but it is as | of another word shall make it precise: but it is as | ||
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true that where the import of a word is precise , the <sic>adition</sic> | true that where the import of a word is precise, the <sic>adition</sic> | ||
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of another shall make it vague — and this latter affect is | of another shall make it vague — and this latter affect is | ||
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<p>Where the sole business as here is to express Ideas clearly | <p>Where the sole business as here is to express Ideas clearly | ||
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(for I speak not of subjects that | (for I speak not of subjects that <sic>admitt</sic><del>s</del> of ornaments) let it | ||
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be only <del>one</del> done by the number that is sufficient to perform | be only <del>one</del> done by the number that is sufficient to perform | ||
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that office : every word that comes afterwards is a nuisance . | that office: every word that comes afterwards is a nuisance. | ||
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<note>Physicians.</note> | |||
<p><add>This is not peculiar to Law.</add> Physicians alike obliged to make a parade, | |||
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and conceal the simplicity of their remedies <add><del><gap/></del></add> - <add>+</add> | and conceal the simplicity of their remedies <add><del><gap/></del></add> - <add>+</add> | ||
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<note>+ expedients; operations</note><lb/> | |||
Naaman and Elijah — If it were some | Naaman and Elijah — If it were some | ||
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great thing thou <sic>wouldst</sic> have done it , | great thing thou <sic>wouldst</sic> have done it , | ||
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Source of this , ignorance . The who knows | Source of this, ignorance. The who knows — but <add>I</add>? | ||
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The effect of a thing unknown , not understood | The effect of a thing unknown, not understood | ||
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is not to be | is not to be gainsaid. The stock of <unclear>incognita</unclear> | ||
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is an inexhaustible fund of hope and expectation | is an inexhaustible fund of hope and expectation. | ||
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DIG. Style — bad.
Causes of — 1. The Notion
that precision
is as the
Number of the
words. 1st. Amono
Lawyers.
Where two circumstances are frequently concomitant there
is nothing to which men are more prone than to regard one
as the cause of the other, especially if by accident that one be
actually so sometimes.
There are no set of men who have greater occasion to pay so
much attention to the precision & force of words , as Lawyers.
There are no set of men who give so many words as Lawyers
Hence it becomes a notion, tho' the precision of the legal words
is owing to their multitubde.
It is true that where the import of a word is vague the addition
of another word shall make it precise: but it is as
true that where the import of a word is precise, the adition
of another shall make it vague — and this latter affect is
as apt to take place as is the former.
Where the sole business as here is to express Ideas clearly
(for I speak not of subjects that admitts of ornaments) let it
be only one done by the number that is sufficient to perform
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that office: every word that comes afterwards is a nuisance.
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Physicians.
This is not peculiar to Law. Physicians alike obliged to make a parade,
and conceal the simplicity of their remedies - +
+ expedients; operations
Naaman and Elijah — If it were some
great thing thou wouldst have done it ,
Source of this, ignorance. The who knows — but I?
The effect of a thing unknown, not understood
is not to be gainsaid. The stock of incognita
is an inexhaustible fund of hope and expectation.
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