1823 Feb. 10 Greek Constitution Observation Principles ?.1 Self©regard

predominant Contrary assurance universal ?.2 Self sacrifice how far exemplified

In every political community new as well as old, old as well as new this danger

is not merely a danger impending, but an evil constantly operating and

constantely extending, or at least striving to extend itself.

From the ruling few the subject many are continually receiving the assurance

that in the breast of /by/ each the felicity of all the others has constantly

the preference over his own is an object pursued to the exclusion of, or at the

least in preference to his own.

In this assurance if in any instance there has been a particle of truth, the

instances are so rare that for the purposes of any practical conclusion and

practical arrangement to be taken in consequence, they may be laid out of the

account altogether and without any evil consequence

On /In/ the part /breasts/ of ruling functionaries in general the proportion

between the strength self©regarding affection and that social affection which

has for its object the aggregate body of the community in question is naturally

subjected to variation by divers circumstances

No new State has ever yet been formed but at a time of general danger and

proportionate excitation. The time during which this danger is at the highest is

the time at which the felicity of each individual member whether in the

situation of ruling functionary or only in that of subject citizen is in the

highest degree dependent on that of the whole: his property, his power, his

personal liberty, his very life he beholds /he feels] to be/ is a state of

constant and immediate dependence upon the existence and power of the whole.