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[clxiv. 127] 1820 May 21 Emancipation
[clxiv. 127]

1820 May 21

Emancipation Spanish

?.8. Corruptive influence

?.4. Rulers gainers

Shew how it will be present adviser's and thence representatives interest to maximize profit in all these its sinister shapes

The greater the quantity of influence in all its shapes possessed by the in /is which/ through the medium of the dominion in question is /will be/ in the possession of the whole body of the rulers in question - of influence in all its shapes - influence of understanding on understanding - influence of will on will - influence by means of official power - influence by means of opulence - influence by means of natural dignity and consequent reputation - influence by means of factitious dignity - the greater the force with which they will be enabled to act towards /promote/ the accomplishment /fulfilment/ of that wish /those wishes/ which they being men their conduct can not fail of being determined by - the wish on the part of each to pursue /advance/ his own personal interest in all those several shapes in which as above, it can not be attained /promoted/ /advanced/ but at the expence, to the prejudice, and by the sacrifice, of the universal interest.
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