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4 Aug 1811 Fallacies or Introd
4 Aug 1811

Fallacies or Introd

Ch Generalia

Poulten [...?]

Poulten an actor - J.B. an Observer only.

object of his operations /deceits/ - direct money - nothing but money.

Money, howsoever the ultimate act the immediate object of these utterers of false

arguments: and when money /under money/ not so much the acquisition as the

retention of it.

Common object of both - prevention of mischief producible by deception.
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