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[xxxvi. 107] 1822 July 1. Constitut
[xxxvi. 107]

1822 July 1.

Constitut. Code

Supreme Operative

I Monarch

1. Moral

Of this stae of things of this circumstance belonging to his condition what is the result? It has been already stated. To place not according to the vulgar mode of designation at the summit but at the lowest point in the scale of moral worth him whose place in the scale of power is at the summit.

If the current mode of estimation is in so strange a degree erroneous, where shall the causes of the error be looked for? The reason may be /is/ given in two words - corruption and delusion. For the application of them see │   │
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