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<hi rend='underline'>if</hi> the Executioner will hang<lb/> | <hi rend='underline'>if</hi> the Executioner will hang<lb/> | ||
him — a thousand <unclear>intervening</unclear> <hi rend='underline'>ifs</hi> beside the<lb/> | him — a thousand <unclear>intervening</unclear> <hi rend='underline'>ifs</hi> beside the<lb/> | ||
principal <add>ones</add> here expressed being omitted -</p> | principal <add>ones</add> here expressed being omitted -</p> <pb/> | ||
<p><add><del>Of these ifs</del></add> But <hi rend='underline'>will</hi> <del>the man</del> <add>he</add> who saw him steal <unclear>disclose</unclear><!-- end of word cut of at edge of page --> <lb/> | |||
it? <hi rend='underline'>will</hi> he or any other apprehend him<lb/> | |||
[power being all along supposed] will every one<lb/> | |||
of these suppositions be successively converted into<lb/> | |||
realities?</p> | |||
<p>The answer to each of these questions runs on into<lb/> | |||
<del>a</del> <add>yet another</add> string of suppositions</p> | |||
<p>Will <del>the man</del> he who saw him steal discover<lb/> | |||
this introduces</p> | |||
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CERTAINTY Prelud.
The Prediction of the Law is in no case absolute
but depending for it's being verified upon a
long chain of contingencies -
It says not in effect, whatever it may appear -
to say in sound words, "The man who stealeth shall
be hanged" - But "he shall be hanged, if
if he from whom ought is stolen who saw him steal will discover
it — if any one will apprehend the
Stealer — if the Justice will committ him -
if the Gaoler will receive & committ him keep him
if the witnesses will depose against him - if
the Jury will convict him - If the Gaoler
will again receive & keep him — If the
Sheriff's Officer will convey him to the place
of execution —
If the Sovereign will suffer the execution to take place without exercising his prerogative of pardoning.
if the Executioner will hang
him — a thousand intervening ifs beside the
principal ones here expressed being omitted -
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Of these ifs But will the man he who saw him steal disclose
it? will he or any other apprehend him
[power being all along supposed] will every one
of these suppositions be successively converted into
realities?
The answer to each of these questions runs on into
a yet another string of suppositions
Will the man he who saw him steal discover
this introduces
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