24 April 1805

Evidence

Ends

Ch. Conflict

To squeeze every part of the earth that was not England into a space /parish/ of two or three minutes of a degree square in England had cost these[?] scientific /artists/ no more than it does the Chinese to squeeze into one of the corners of a square map every part of the earth that is not China; but though the compression /condensation/ had so effectually been performed for the /certain/ purposes, it had never happened to be performed for this purpose.

In the instance of the conflict /conflict/ between the direct ends and the ultimate collateral ends, the opposition is not thus irreconcilable /no such incompatibility takes place/. The /positive/ direct end may be provided for, and the negative direct end not neglected: the whole system of procedure has for its main object the reconciliation of these contending pursuits /objects/: the attainment of the one positive end without prejudice to the negative end. Were the positive end the only one, neither witnesses or parties would be heard but one side only: it is for the sake of /with a view to/ the negative end that they are heard so far as they are heard + also on the other side.

+ Infra