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5) of the Introduction: that makes in all 208 pages.
I would not promise that there will not
be 300. see p.6 of this But suppose two months work
more: that will make it the 10th of June
before it is finished; although allowing a week
for binding, that wil make it the 17th.
It may then get to you about the beginning
of July. You shall have
as much as happens to be done with
the first parcel I send out. The 1r Chap
(on the principle of utility) ends at p.6
the 2d sheet goes pretty near to finish
Ch. 2. (Principles adverse to that of utility.)
Wilson expressed more satisfaction
at the 2d sheet than I ever knew <lb/. him to express in my life. The translation
from Raspe: he is in jail for
about 70 or 80 £. where I suppose he
will lie. To tell you the truth I had pretty
well ceased to wish it: for I found him
very confused upon the subject, nor
could I beat into his head for example the difference
between "what we shall do,
& what we ought to do. In
there is another offer. There is a German
in town whom I have seen
& who speaks English perfectly, & whom
Schwedinuer puffs off mightily. Schw.
says this man will undertake it, & will
translate it as it comes out, sheet
by sheet. Schwede says he is a man
of learning, possesses the German perfectly
and has already translated things into
it from the English: that he understands
the niceties of Grammar, for he has
taught
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