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5 Contempt expressed for the religious opinions of
another. The contempt which is poured forth on those
who differ from us in religious matters – is ordinarily – close upon
the regions of hate. The dogmatism of establishments –
the damnatory creeds of church usurpation – sharpen the edge
of scorn with the instruments of maleficence. Why should
I spare my anathemas towards those who are under the curse of God? Why? Because I cannot hate without pain to myself – pain increasing with the increase of hatred so that my self-regarding interest, – should check the cultivate growth of hatred. Why? Because I cannot hate without desiring to punish those I hate – to punish them in the ratio of my hatred – & then the as the outbreak of hatred, – must thus necessarily be maleficent – so that my regard for others should prohibit that outbreak of hatred. And what is true of hatred is true in a less degree of scorn. Scorn has its pains too – & even though they may sometimes be outweighed by the pleasures of the scorner, – they cannot outweigh counterbalance the sufferings produced in the breast of the scorned.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	493	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f178
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	1831
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1831
Notes public		ID Number	5709
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