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The body <hi rend='underline'>politic</hi>, not less than the body <hi rend='underline'>natural</hi>,<lb/> is subject to its constitutional diseases. <hi rend='underline'>Tyranny</hi><lb/> was the grand disease in prospect <hi rend='underline'>then</hi>; <hi rend='underline'>anarchy</hi>,<lb/>now. The danger then was, from a single per-<lb/>son <hi rend='underline'>i</hi> in respect of the sentiments of <unclear>submission</unclear><lb/> presented to that person, and carried to excess;<lb/> the danger <hi rend='underline'>now</hi> is, from the great multitude;<lb/> in respect of the disposition to unruliness which has<lb/> been, and continues to be, propagated, with but<lb/>too much success, among the lower orders — <del><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/> view</del> <add>among those let it never be out of consideration of whom is composed</add> the <add>a</add> vast majority of the people. | <p>The body <hi rend='underline'>politic</hi>, not less than the body <hi rend='underline'>natural</hi>,<lb/> is subject to its constitutional diseases. <hi rend='underline'>Tyranny</hi><lb/> was the grand disease in prospect <hi rend='underline'>then</hi>; <hi rend='underline'>anarchy</hi>,<lb/>now. The danger then was, from a single per-<lb/>son <hi rend='underline'>i</hi> in respect of the sentiments of <unclear>submission</unclear><lb/> presented to that person, and carried to excess;<lb/> the danger <hi rend='underline'>now</hi> is, from the great multitude;<lb/> in respect of the disposition to unruliness which has<lb/> been, and continues to be, propagated, with but<lb/>too much success, among the lower orders — <del><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/> view</del> <add>among those let it never be out of consideration of whom is composed</add> the <add>a</add> vast majority of the people.</p> If the name of <hi rend='underline'>great <gap/> interest</hi> <del><gap/><lb/><gap/></del> employed wherever for distinction <gap/><lb/> be well applied, it is <del>because the <gap/><gap/> great</del> <add><del>by reason</del></add><lb/>with reference to <hi rend='underline'>money</hi>, and by reason of the<lb/>greatness of the <hi rend='underline'>shares</hi>: but with reference to<lb/><hi rend='underline'>men</hi>, meaning multitudes of men in and even<lb/> | ||
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The body politic, not less than the body natural,
is subject to its constitutional diseases. Tyranny
was the grand disease in prospect then; anarchy,
now. The danger then was, from a single per-
son i in respect of the sentiments of submission
presented to that person, and carried to excess;
the danger now is, from the great multitude;
in respect of the disposition to unruliness which has
been, and continues to be, propagated, with but
too much success, among the lower orders — view among those let it never be out of consideration of whom is composed the a vast majority of the people.
If the name of great interest
employed wherever for distinction
be well applied, it is because the great by reason
with reference to money, and by reason of the
greatness of the shares: but with reference to
men, meaning multitudes of men in and even
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jeremy bentham |
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frances wright |
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