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2d <note12</note>
Annuity Notes</note>
Ch. Grounds
II Rate
10 considered
the end of a period of short or uncertain indeterminate duration,
especially if the call be of such a nature as to presents itself in the shape of a
be backed by an obligation, legal obligation while the circumstances especially if
of the times be such as that — depretiation
to an amount more or less considerable
may be regarded as morally certain (which
is always the case at a time that the continuum
of or commencement of a war presents itself
as highly probable) in cases of this sort
the bar may be regarded as insuperable. [+] War Under with this explanation
time is <add. may</add> certainly be considered as the time of
all others for the giving the employment in
question to see what are called permanent sums:
but it is in a still greater degree t
to the purpose of giving the same employment
to what are called temporary sums. In the
former case the question lies between gain and
still greater gain: in the latter, between a small
gain and a more considerable as well as probable
loss.
