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Throughout the whole body of the constitution the disease
of arbitrary power with the bamful symptoms that accompany
it are thus diffused and kept in fact. The Jurymen,
Judges,the superior, the inferior Magistrate, Ins Magistrates the King andwith his advisors
each of these functionaries is arbitrarya despot another has
for reason is required for whither he hangsdestroys in sures: caprice or corrupt interest constitution hasfind the<add>a ground to range in</add> find an unhted
ramp.
To the wrongThere In this case as in others the vice of the The practice of despotism
despot finds its encouragement and support in the train
of adulators.
To do wrong is impossible to him & to escape from
praise is equally impossible. Two opposite praisesvirtues
count the choiceJustice and : one or other he case
not of
on each occasion it rests with himself to coun his
tasteconvenience or his, and adapt that which alu to his purpose,
happens to be best adapted to his purpose.
In this state of things, everything is as it should be:
every thing is inwrapt in confusion: the life of man is made
the put either of drawn, or of corrupt design
state worn them . Hypocrisy sits on every brow
and dislike forth from every life: every thing stsstands in the
most favourable state for thegiving dispelling and encouragementtriumph
of venal clergymenof mechanical sentimentality and venal clergymen.
To consideration they determined, would notcross and pile
would be a most advantageous substitute?
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