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From thus much that I have said you must be sensible that it is not in my
to form a decided opinion for want of being master of those facts upon which it
would turn — I mean whether the men who would derive their subsistence from this
business in the present state would be thrown entirely out of employment, or to what
degree— & that for a long time probably, or a short one, & whether they are many
or few. As the scruples you have alleged bear no reference to any persons under this
description, I am disposed to hope that the subject is free from any scruples in this
upon which supposition I cannot but heartily and strongly join with you in opinion
that Mr Burket will be very much wanting both to himself and to the public
if he suffers his invention to perish.

As to the old Shipwrights, if the air blowing upon them (after there having lived in
it the greatest part of their lives, should give them cold, he make each of them a
present of an umbrella. I cannot treat this objection, humane as it is, more seriously.

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Date_1	1773-11-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings
Folio number	264	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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