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The first part of Chrestomathia was published in 1816 -
the second part in the year following - Its principal object
was to bring together the several branches of art & science &
to exhibit their conduciveness to happiness, - to exhibit point out
their relationship to each other through this their common
property - and to give the whole that direction which as a result
should produce the maximization of felicity. It was as early
as 1769 that Bentham's mind was occupied with this Topic -
Even then he fancied that happiness might be made the
common trunk to support all the branches of knowledge - making forming
together a perfect encyclopedical tree. In Lord Bacon's writing
he found planted the pristine tree - it was in some sort
improved by D'Alembert, - but neither the English nor the
French philosopher had taken any notice of that most useful
of properties to which all Arts and Sciences tend, & to which alone
they are indebted for all the any value they possess. The trees
they sought to plant had however never taken root - & in the
presence of Bentham's nobler production must be considered as
mere cumberers of the ground.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	014	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	436	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f23
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[partial fleur de lys motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	5199
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