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<head>1828 <sic>Aug.</sic> 21<lb/>Blackstone</head> <!-- in pencil --> <p><note>Preface</note><lb/>2 (2 <note>§. Thus <unclear> | <head>1828 <sic>Aug.</sic> 21<lb/>Blackstone</head> <!-- in pencil --> <p><note>Preface</note><lb/>2 (2 <note>§. Thus <unclear>waits he</unclear> <gap/> open to<lb/>objections</note></p> <p>Objections to <hi rend="underline">Law as it is</hi> the <unclear>master</unclear> will not undertake to answer<lb/><gap/> may be Law as it ought to be</p> <p>Thus numerous <add>abundant</add> then is <add>are</add> the doubts <add>and objections and contradictions to</add> which this <add>little</add> work<lb/>such as it is, <del>will be</del> can not but be expected to give rise.<lb/>True: but is there an objection <del><gap/></del> to the composition and<lb/>publication of it? By means. Be they ever so numerous<lb/><del>is it in their power to</del> will they have any such effect as<lb/>the casting <del><gap/></del> either upon the design of this <add>the</add> work or upon<lb/>the execution of it any just <add>well intended/well grounded</add> reproach? By no means.<lb/>What <add>When</add> is the reproach that can justly fall upon a man for<lb/>not having on every occasion correctly represented that which <add>of which</add><lb/><add>any correct representation or in the very notion of the thing impossible</add><lb/>is in its very essence absolutely incapable of being correctly represented.<lb/><gap/> all the high dignitaries of the law the three great<lb/>Equity Judges the 17 <add>great</add> Common Law Judges with the Attorney<lb/>General the Solicitor General, and the <add>whole assemblage of</add> Kings Counsel be best<lb/>assembled together, and for years together employed in nothing<lb/>else but the composition of a work having exactly the<lb/>same purpose on the present — the work supposing it<lb/>to appear — would it be <del>unproductive</del> of a nature<lb/>to stand clear of the like doubts, objections and contradictions?<lb/><del><gap/></del> Not it indeed: possibly not much more so<lb/>than the present.</p> <p>Such is the state — the deplorable state of the case.<lb/>But the cause of its being so, what is it? One single question<lb/>will suffice to bring it to view. Of that which has no existence,<lb/>how <del>can any</del> is it possible any correct account,<lb/><add>any account capable of being relied on with safety</add> should be given?</p> <p>If taken as a whole the law had any existence<lb/><add>and were at the same not only what it ought to be but <del>what</del> <unclear>moreover</unclear> what it might be</add><lb/>neither this not any other account that could be given of<lb/>it would be a matter of necessity or even <del>of any <gap/></del><lb/>comparatively speaking, of any use. A body of law<lb/>which is what it ought to be and might be, such a work<lb/>should it come into existence will give of itself <add>and in snd by itself</add> the only<lb/><add>good</add> <lb/><!-- continues in the margin --> good and trustworthy<lb/>account that can be<lb/>given of it.</p> | ||
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1828 Aug. 21
Blackstone
Preface
2 (2 §. Thus waits he open to
objections
Objections to Law as it is the master will not undertake to answer
may be Law as it ought to be
Thus numerous abundant then is are the doubts and objections and contradictions to which this little work
such as it is, will be can not but be expected to give rise.
True: but is there an objection to the composition and
publication of it? By means. Be they ever so numerous
is it in their power to will they have any such effect as
the casting either upon the design of this the work or upon
the execution of it any just well intended/well grounded reproach? By no means.
What When is the reproach that can justly fall upon a man for
not having on every occasion correctly represented that which of which
any correct representation or in the very notion of the thing impossible
is in its very essence absolutely incapable of being correctly represented.
all the high dignitaries of the law the three great
Equity Judges the 17 great Common Law Judges with the Attorney
General the Solicitor General, and the whole assemblage of Kings Counsel be best
assembled together, and for years together employed in nothing
else but the composition of a work having exactly the
same purpose on the present — the work supposing it
to appear — would it be unproductive of a nature
to stand clear of the like doubts, objections and contradictions?
Not it indeed: possibly not much more so
than the present.
Such is the state — the deplorable state of the case.
But the cause of its being so, what is it? One single question
will suffice to bring it to view. Of that which has no existence,
how can any is it possible any correct account,
any account capable of being relied on with safety should be given?
If taken as a whole the law had any existence
and were at the same not only what it ought to be but what moreover what it might be
neither this not any other account that could be given of
it would be a matter of necessity or even of any
comparatively speaking, of any use. A body of law
which is what it ought to be and might be, such a work
should it come into existence will give of itself and in snd by itself the only
good
good and trustworthy
account that can be
given of it.
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