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C 13
Adultery Ins.
by no means so favourable to happiness for instance
as in England where there is remarkably less appearance
of it. They are very easy with regard to
the exclusive possession of their women, & yet they
are happy in spite of the an arbitrary government constitution
and haughty administration than they are in
England under the best of constitutions & under a
mild & popular administration.
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promotes happiness Ex In Otaheite and many of the other newly
discover'd Islands in the South Seas there is no
such thing as marriage: and yet to external appearances
of felicity are still greater in Otaheite
than in France.
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Mischievous invite But however it may be when the husband
is indifferent it is certain that when he is not indifferent
the defilement of his bed is a great mischief even when not discover'd is a considerable mischief
when discoverd a very great mischief, & when
committed under the mask of friendship a still
greater.
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Mischievous the family The mischief is not For the sake of a transient pleasure
to himself two persons which is more is less intence but what is
always transient a man fund of unhappiness uneasiness, perhaps, of misery
entailed upon the wife herself, upon the husband
and in a certain proportion upon the whole family children
which has no end but with their lives.
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the gallant by corrupting words Nor is the mischief confined to the family. it
extends to the gallant himself and to threatens all there those who may
have occasion to come in his way. Intrigues of and Sense
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jeremy bentham |
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