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1826. Octr 21
Review of Humphreys
Ch. Agenda
2

Form II. § 2. §. 6.
12. Considered each by
itself, the shorter the
articles the better: as
imposing the less burthen
on conception and memory.
But by this brevity
of the elements, brevity
of the aggregate is diminished.
Form II. 7. 13.
13. Exemplification
Say, to one adjective
ten adjectives: or, to one
verb, ten substantives.
In either cases, to maximize
individual brevity,
the article would
be divided into ten:
and in each, to complete
the proposition &
sentence, each such adjective
or substantive
would require its
complement of other
words.
Thus brevity of parts and
of whole antagonise.
Form II 8 14.
14. Of perspicuity, the
maximum will be approached
as the excess
of the grammatical sentence
ever the logical
proposition, is lessened.
Form II 9. 15.
15. In each one of a
list of sub articles, employ
rather a substantive
in the nominative,
than a do in an
oblique case, or an adjective, or a verb.
Reason. The noun substantive
alone presents
and independent idea,
on which the mind
can repose itself, and
take it in hand at leisure
as a subject matter of

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Date_1	1826-10-21	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-23
Box	078	Main Headings	Review of Humphreys
Folio number	007	Info in main headings field	Review of Humphreys
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Category	Marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	2
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Penner		Watermarks	J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1824
Marginals		Paper Producer	Jonathan Blenman
Corrections	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1824
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