091-241.xml

Title: [27 Jan y 1808 Codification Offer[]

Description: 27 Jan y 1808

Codification Offer[?]

Foreignership therefore constitutes no objection: in relation to a work of this particular nature affords no presumption of comparative incompetency.

Points we not[?] wanting on which it may prove to constitute a ground of recommendation: afford /affording/ a presumption of comparative aptitude.

In the case of a native, there is no assurance no presumption of his possessing /having/ any acquaintance with any system of established law other than his own. In the case of a foreigner his condition in respect of foreignership, this condition /circumstance/ to look no farther affords a presumption, and surely not an inconclusive one - that in applying /offering/ himself to the task of drawing up a body of law for a nother country, he will bring to the work some degree /a state/ of information, more or less considerable in the subject of his own. Acquainted more or less, with the good and bad points of both systems, he /it/ will be so made the easier to have in the framing of his laws /[...?] of his [...?]/ to avoid /steer clear of/ introducing any arrangements the evil consequences of which have been made known to him by experience.

Thus the matter stands between a foreigner and a native in respect of intellectual qualifications of the intellectual class.

JB_102_500.xml

Title: [16 Nov r. 1815 Chrestomathia]

Description: 16 Nov r. 1815

Chrestomathia

Universal Grammar

'.1. Introduction

Notificande[?] by language - Nature[?]

of some real subject

1. Absolute.-

2. Relative - i.e. in a certain manner: i.e. of a certain quality in it.

A consideration from which this expectation has received additional strength is - that upon the plan in question, to the exposition of the leading principles of Universal Grammar, the exposition of a correspondent part of the principle of logic would be neccesary: considerations of the logical cast forming all along the basis of such considerations of the grammatical cast as would be brought to view. If by this connection, the access to an acquaintance with so much of the connected matter as belongs to the head of grammar would be clogged with difficulty and the progress retarded, here would pro tanto be an objection. But the notion[?] is that per[?] the two branches of art and science in question, mutual light would by each other be reflected: and that by means of the conjunction, a given degree of acquaintance with both would be attained with less labour than, supposing separation practicable, would be necessary to the attainment of no more than an equal share of acquaintance with one.

JB_127_032.xml

Title: [20 June 1810 Parl. Reform Plan.]

Description: 20 June 1810

Parl. Reform Plan.

Ch. Objections answerd

'.2 II. Tumultuousness

6

5. Opposition (regular) originally adverse rendered favourable by desperation. Quere whether the topic be needful here?

Such being the importance of the matter at stake, circumstances there are of no inconsiderable moment, from which the irritation and the strength of the expression given to it, can not but receive[?] increase.

1. One is, that for any the least chance /the only chance/ of applying /seeing applied/ o the all comprehensive disorder its only possible cure nothing but /less than/ a most extraordinary concurrence of causes could have sufficed.

2. {A commotion /sensation/ extensive enough to produce any the least chance of the species of reform in[?] question is what nothing short on the part of the managing hand of a most flagrant /manifest/ /glaring/ and long contained course of misconduct brought to notice by striking instances such as the most uninformed and indifferent observer can not be altogether insensible to /can ever be able to/ produce. If the opportunity afforded for this remedy by the recently exemplified of misconduct be suffered to pass unimproved, compleat [...?] may ensue before any other equally favourable opportunity can have presented itself. In a time of ordinarily good government or even ordinarily bad government any thing like a general call for any such reform would be an effect without a cause.

A chance of /for/ the application of the only effectual remedy is the only compensation and consolation that can ever be had for the mischief of such management and of the irritation produced by it.}