1821. May 12 /Nov. 27/ Codification Offer Draughtsman gratuitous /Offer why?

'.8. Foreigner/ Reward refused - why If any where, enter this under '. Offer

As to terms of service, by the considerations above brought to view, and by

those alone - all of them deduced from the observation of the influence of the

reward in question, on the aptitude of the service for the extraction of which

it is employed - by the above sober considerations, suggested as they have been

by the principle of general utility alone, and not by any unreflecting or

hypothetical sentimentalism, has the veto thus put upon factitious reward been

produced. To the value of money the author, for his part, is no less sensible,

than those are, who, for the procurement of it, are so ready to consign men by

thousands to sudden death by fire and sword, and to lingering death by taxation

and its offspring famine. With unfeigned gratitude he would accordingly,

supposing the work compleated, accept, from willing donors, individually and

separately, from each of them money to any amount, from the lowest denomination

of coin to the greatest sum which without prejudice to the well-grounded

expectations of others, the donor would take pleasure in their disposing of:-

supposing it at the same time sufficiently ascertained that if not thus, it

would be unemployed in some way or other in purely personal gratification and

not in any other work of public or private beneficence. Not a ribbon, of the

number of those which are worn about men's shoulders - not a ribbon of that

sort, of any colour, from any hand, would he refuse bowing for, it being by

those presents declared that, in his opinion, the greatest happiness of the

greatest number would be much the more effectually promoted were all such

instruments of and false testaments of meritorious service dragged through the

kennel in the lump, in their way to the hangman's fire, than by being bestowed

in requital of the most meritorious service for which reward in this shape was

ever granted. Only in so far as those, at whose expence it would have been

bestowed, would be averse to the seeing it thus bestowed, does aversion to

reward in any shape maintain a place in his mind.

In[?] this department the function in the particular case in question is

confined to the production of a certain literary work. To constitute appropriate

aptitude with reference to this function appropriate aptitude on the part of the

workman in the highest possible degree no other endowments are necessary than

what are sufficient for the giving the utmost possible degree of aptitude to the

work. the work itself is the test of its own aptitude Remains the Executive

department. Apply the enquiry to the several branches of it. In each branch

whether for the perfect execution of the function belonging to it the

composition of a literary work be or be not applicable as a test of aptitude on

the part of the functionary[?], other endowments are necessary. Of the

possession of

Even in the legislative department, on the part of those to whom the function of

final sanctionment belongs endowments are indeed necessary of the possession of

which the composition of a literal work can not afford a test namely /in

particular/ knowledge of the circumstances peculiar to the country and knowledge

of the state of opinions and affections at the time in question, on the part of

the people. But these are endowments which the possession of which is as above,

not necessary on the part of the author of the original Draught. of which it is

not in the nature of any literary work to afford any sort of test. In everyone

of those cases other endowments are necessary other endowments, of the

possession of which no test can be afforded approaching in probative force to

that with which proof may be made in the case of legislation by the composition

of a literary work.