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much mischief may be the consequence of confound .
-ing them. From their having been confounded in
the manner in which, with subscription, it appears to me they have been confounded by his Lordship, , the fol-
-lowing mischief might arise. A hostile or un-
-candid adversary enemy to his Lordship, might inform the
purposes above opined upon, find the implausible
pretence for charging him with odious opinions
, which if interrogated, he wont purposely
and that very /disavow. A glad admirer
of his Lordship might on his Lordships
authority set about proclaiming to the world,
that in all cases of crime, it might be right
if any one were so disposed, to annex to them
in the way of punishment more pain than could be
of any use. This would be giving allowing full sway to
Tyrants of all denominations, Lay or Ecclesiastic,
acting from no other than vindictive views.
The chief cause of these confusions this confusion seems to be there:
the not considering that the same quantity of pain ought to have the same weight
given it as the scale of utility in what way
so ever it is produced, and by what name so ever it
may be called: whether the good it is proposed to
compel by means of an [art?] producing pain, result
immediately from the pain itself, not only from
some other effect of the same act. depending if directly or overly collectively If the pain produced by a misdemeanour is less than what the least degree of pain which is produced by law
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