18 Sep. 1809

Parl y Reform

B. I. Necessity

Ch.18. Mischief of Idol-worship

Ch. Elog

§. King-worship

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He may be /Though he were/ ever so young, or ever so old, ever so constant at Church

or at the Play House.

A tenth[?] into rather to one labourer than as they[?]: not

to two.

For my own part this I know, that since I began first to think /consider/ with

myself what duty was and what mankind were born to {a length of time greater than

that which produces all this joy} never has this strain of sentimental sympathy which

prides itself on the sacrifice of the many to the few presented itself to my

conception in any better character /colour/ than that of the depth or height of

immorality, travelling along the scale upward or downward, as you please.

In cribbage as in any other kind of sport, yes: ten or any greater number: but in

politics /morality/ any more than in morality /politics/ never in my arithmetic could

a man by being a king, appear capable of telling[?] for any more than one.