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9. Feby 1803
 Two Letters
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The more you have to deal with his two faces 
a face of gentleness and smiles towards them from whom he  
himself capable of having every thing to fear — a mask face 
of  for those whom it is convenient to oppress, 
and against whose resentment he looks upon himself
 as secure.  As for you, you have been too deeply injured
 ever to be forgiven for for you are kept in reserve in  these
  of that of vengeance, which by having never been pounded
 by provocation, is so much as the suspicion of provocation 
is but the more implacable.
The choice you have is this: be patient and 
submissive to the last, subord give up the strength of your cause abandon over the right 
of self-defence all hope the right of ruling redress. You are
 oppressed without a portion: prove your case — avail
 yourself of the strength of your cause — Do not betray 
yourself, you are voted set down for an angry man, you are
 oppressed with a pretense: justice is denied you,
 and denied you upon this pretense .. Give up 
your cause forbear availing yourself of the strength
 of your cause. — give yourself up, be  to give
 own ruin ruin offer your throat to the knife, and
 you are oppressed still as certainly as before. you
 are oppressed without a portion 
Such at least is the picture drawn of them by 
their friends. I hear the equivalent in black and white What worse could be said of a man by
 his enemies? 
| Identifier: | JB/116/477/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1803-02-09 | |||
| 116 | panopticon versus new south wales | ||
| 477 | two letters | ||
| 001 | |||
| text sheet | 1 | ||
| recto | e3 | ||
| jeremy bentham | 1800 | ||
| 1800 | |||
| [[notes_public::"angry / quere" [note in bentham's hand]]] | 38010 | ||