1821 July 9

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2. Factitious mischievous

II. Useless Power

All Power for the exercise of which the holder /possessor/ is not responsible to those at whose expence it is exercised is greater than power for the exercise of which it being in other respects of the same description in other respects the holder is responsible to those on whom it is exercised. Power to the possession of which it does not depend upon the will of those on whom it is exercised to put a period is greater than power to the possession of which it being in other respects of the same description in other respects it does depend upon their will to put a period. Useless is the whole amount of the difference between the quantity of the power in the one case and the quantity of the power in the other case. Useless: and much worse than useless.

/In a man's/ /In /the idea of a man's/ being at the same time on the one hand subject to the exercise of power, and on the other hand at the same time partaker /a sharer/ in the possession of it there is nothing inconsistent /of inconsistency/ or incongruity in any other shape. Yes: if of the share of power possessed by him the effect were to destroy the effect of the power exercisable over him: but that is not the case. In a political state all power is either operative or constitutive: operative is that, by the immediate exercise of which, obsequiousness and obedience are called for at the hands of individuals: constitutive is that by the exercise of which, operative power is created and conferred.