1821 June 15 Codification Offer '. Draughtsman gratuitous

Lay all factitious reward out of the question, this inducement is without a

rival, and conduct is determined by it. Add now the reward, the legitimate

inducement /motive/ but now a rival, and that rival inducement is a sinister

one. Here is a mass of the matter of reward which the patron has it in his power

to put into the pocket of this or that connection or dependent of his - an

/some/ individual perhaps even in such sort dependent, that by whatsoever the

one puts into the pocket of the other, he saves himself from so much loss. In

sech case according to probability, though by no means to a certainty, he will

not put the reward into the pocket of a man flagrantly /compleatly/ unapt: still

however among all who present themselves to his view as capable of passing

muster without flagrant disgrace to himself, the odds will be an indefinite

number to one against his taking in such a case that proposable individual in

whom, even in the eyes of the patron himself the maximum f appropriate aptitude

would be to be found.

Suppose that to avoid or at least lessen this inconvenience, consideration had of

the importance of the service remuneration should be provided for competitors

more than one.