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[xxxvi. 119] 1822 June 30 Constitut
[xxxvi. 119]

1822 June 30

Constitut. Code

Supreme Operative

I Monarch

2. Intellectuals

Of lying in all these forms Of all these lies the creature of the King Monarch has the benefit whether in the exercise of his power he be or be not occasionally disturbed by his creator or continues perpetually undisturbed: and thus it is that, for a time more or less considerable whether the creator be sane or insane so long as the insanity remains unconspicuous the powers of government may continue in exercise without much perceptible difference worth thinking of.
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