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5
C
Of Rebellion
by the state in the first case will be apt ceteris paribus
to be [the double of what twice as much as it is] in the other.
But then on the other hand the mischiefs produced
by an which with it the tendency of act of Treason, hav to produce, is
so much pure evil uncompensated with any good.
that which it is of which the nature while Rebellion is sometimes
the unavoidable result of blameless and
involuntary dissention disagreement, s at other times the sole
though precarious means of guarding against the still
greater evils of mismanagement tyranny and oppression
In the case of Rebellion the nature it is success only
that determines whether the act is to be considerd
as an act [criminal or meritorious] an act of duty,
an act even of merit, or a crime. In Treason
it is always one of the barest as well as the most
mischievous of crimes. In Rebellion the state itself
far from being the object of hostility, is often the
object of the most generous and unconquerable affection:
in Treason it is the state itself that is
the object of hostility. In the case of Rebellion the
motives of the few who lead may be corrupt or generous selfish or put
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