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offence but against the offender. Permanent considerations
give way to temporary; general to
individual.: the law is an act of resentment
not of policy: of proscription not of justice.

The misfortune is that among the herd
of legislators the of mischievousness mischievousness
of crimes would either not be seen or not
attended to but at the moment when it is
severely felt, would not be provided against
at all, if not provided against at that time:
they would remain blind and motionless did
not the force of sudden temporary terrors and resentments come now
and then upon the stage, to sharpen their sight,
and quicken their activity. [It requires the rigour
and discernment resolution
of a Catherine or a
Frederic to set down to the great
work of legislation [+], [+] to circumscribe as it were with a compass the circle of human actions and to make the chain of causes to apply the impress of forethought to the circle of human action.
and effects obedient to their sceptre.] The vulgar
among legislators follow events, the wise and few attempt to
active lead them. The herd of legislators, slaves
to the passions of the moment, sleep at one time
under the pressure of public mischiefs, run amack amuck as then another like asiatic
borrowing a short lived vigour from a dose of
opium

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Identifier: | JB/100/074/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 100.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	100	Main Headings
Folio number	074	Info in main headings field	composition
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10 / f11 / f12
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	c. hamilton
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	32090
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