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1821 May 24. Codification Offer
1821 May 24.

Codification Offer

'.3. Reasons what

He leaves it to a Member of an English Parliament at the very moment of pocketing money /in vast sum/ for services which he stands bound to render gratis, to protest that money is of no /not of any/ value in his eyes /to him/ and that /nor his/ self-preference has no /any/ place in his breast: and to be eager to stand to be shot at for the hope of destroying the life of any man who should /any man dare/ ascribe to him a system /principle/ of conduct without the prevalence of which the species could not for a twelve month together have continued in existence, to be eager to expose his own life to destruction rather than not take an equal chance for destroying that of the object of his /the/ vengeance - of the rage kindled by that offence.

Note (a)

It follows that to find a sufficient reason for forbearing to render the distribution of property at all times conformable to the strictest /absolute/ equality unless it be for reasons referable to Constitutional law it will be necessary to correct the distribution that would be required by this particular end of law were it the only one by a reference to some other end. This other end may accordingly be seen in the end to which in the list of particular end the precedence has been allotted, as above. But to show in detail the conditions of the requisite limitation would lead us too far from the design of the present pages.

The case is - that if to practicable equality absolute equality were to be substituted, the effect would be that instead of every ones /individuals/ having an equal share in the aggregate subject matter of property, no individual would have any share at all.
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