1821 May 8th. Codification Offer '.6. Singleness known

'.VI. The greatest happiness of the greatest number requires that the work,

being the work of a single hand, be known to be so.

Only in so far as the individual or individuals actually engaged on the work in

question are, by their respective names, known to be so, can public opinion have

any determinate object on which to direct its force. Whether the hands thus

occupied are those of one man or those of divers men it is therefore essential

that all that are thus employed be known to be so.

For the same reason it is in both cases essential, that no hand that is not so

employed be supposed to be so. If, in addition to this or that hand actually

employed, a supposition has place, that some other has been thus employed,

either that supposition is true or it is not:if true, then so it is, that the

mischievous instrument stiled a Board, serving as a screen and as a supporting

framework, to each member, has place, as above ('.5): if, though untrue, a

supposition is more or less generally prevalent, that the avowed operator has a

secret colleague acting in conjunction with him, here, though by the supposition

he has no such secret support as is supposed, still he has a sort of screen,

though not so effectual as in the other case.