10 Jan y 1817

Necessity Cat

2 o

1. Theory

§. Forms

10

Q. < > What do you understand by uncoercive or unimperative influence.

A. I understand that sort of influence which is capable of being exercised, and is somehow in a greater or less degree actually exercised, by subjects notwithstanding they are /without ceasing to be/ subjects, on the conduct of those by whom supreme coercive power is possessed and exercised.

Q. < > On this occasion, which of the two sorts of influence do you mean - influence of will on will or influence of understanding on understanding?

A. I mean either or both: in idea and in their nature they are distinct, and that to such a degree that while the effect of the[?] one is salutary to the political constitution of that country, the other, as sooner or later we shall have occasion to observe + is rank poison. But in the present case they are apt to have place together, nor is it worth while to note the proportions in which they have place.

Q. < > In what way or ways are these influences capable of being exerted or exercised?

A. The persons you will observe by whom these influences are for /to/ the purpose in question considered as being exercisible and exercised, are persons who either are not in possession of coercive power in any shape, exercised in person or by proxy, or if they are are not on the occasion in question considered as exercising it.

+ See