1819 Aug. 25

Fallacies 2 Ch | | Cause and Obstacle Conjoiners

But in order to do this what is necessary is to have a clear conception of the causes whatever they are of whatever there is that is good in it: to see /understand/ clearly what what in the distribution of the powers /that [...?] place/ of which the government is composed, are the causes /is the cause/ of that degree of happiness or say prosperity, what it may which is enjoyed under it: to understand what are these causes, which is what can not have /be/ place but in proportion as a man is able to distinguish them in the first place /as well/ from uninfluencing circumstances, as in the next place from obstacles: from circumstances by which no contribution is made towards the quantity of prosperity considered as the effect, and from circumstances which though they have not been able to prevent /prevented/ the effect from being what it is, have had in their nature a tendency to diminish if not altogether destroy the effect /that same effect/, a tendency which perhaps may have so far operated as to prevent the quantity from being so great, as it would have been otherwise.