10 Aug. 1811 Generalia

Fallacies Ch 4 Mischief

or 2 4

 See p. 1.

As to the specific mischief to which it is the tendency of a fallacy to give birth, if in so far as any particular bad measure /course/ whether a /it be a/ measure of adoption or a measure of rejection /the positive evil// can be found to which it is the particular tendency of the fallacy in question to give birth /promote/ it is /in/ the promotion of such actual or probable particular measure that the specific mischief or mischievousness of the /that/ fallacy consists.

But on looking over the lists of fallacies of the Ins, it will be seen that in general they have /agree/ upon all of them one common tendency, viz. which tendency is the serving to prevent or obstruct /retard/ the adoption of such measures as would be necessary to put an end to the sacrifice at present made of the general /public/ interest of the whole community to the comparatively private and particular interests of certain of the ruling and influential classes. In general therefore thus except[?] will be the extent of this branch of the mischief notwithstanding the comparatively restrictive import of the epithet /adjunct/ specific employed in the denomination of it. /assumed for the purpose of giving name/.