9 Oct. 1815

Jug. True

Ch.3. Conditions necessary

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Should the time ever arrive when by the multitude of followers enlisted under his banner he should be placed in a condition to enter upon the revolutionary work, then indeed upon his standing up and giving the signal, then would be the time for them, one and all, to join with him in bringing down upon the heads of all resisting adversaries the destruction so often threatened. But till then, the more gentle and friendly their demeanour were to be not only towards one another but as towards to mankind at large—i.e. as towards all such individuals as it might lie in their way to have to deal with, the better their chance not only for increasing their own numbers, and for diminishing the acrimony of adversaries.

In general those virtues by which the goodwill of men at large is engaged these virtues which in the strongest degree contribute to recommend each man to the goodwill and favour of men at large if all such as it may happen to a man to have intercourse and dealings with all these good qualities were in a particular degree requisite and necessary to enable men in this situation, and at any rate until they succeeded in placing themselves and him in that situation in which on the part force may serve instead of virtue, (and fear produce with advantage all that ever had been done by hope) to place themselves in that [...?] all commanding situation which was the object of all their labours and all their thoughts.

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Conceditur Difficulty persuading and thence [...?] would in turn become necessary: but only against opponents: and in the meantime social would not be too exclusively prevalent: even towards mankind at large: viz. 1. for encreasing the number of adherents. 2. for sustaining the animosity of opponents.

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In general, as towards one another as well as himself, whatever virtues were generally useful were particularly necessary to the success of such an enterprize.