25 Sep. 1809

Parl y Reform

B.I. Necessity

'. Soil[?] how prepared

Tests

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So far then as he succeeds in any such endeavour so to debilitate and deprave his own understanding, in so far is his understanding at the command of his will - in so far has he it in his power to believe any thing that he pleases. And that to no inconsiderable degree the exertions made in this lure of self-deception and self-depravation are successful is a point on which unfortunately there can be no room for doubt.

But, be the opinion what it may /if/, if it be not of the number of those which are self-evident to all mankind, a result, producible with much more certainty as well as with much more care than the /a man's/ really entertaining it, is: the /his/ professing to entertain it: the professing to entertain /declaration made of his entertaining/ /a declaration made that he entertains/ it made, for example, by the repetition /pronuntiation/ or signature of a formulary drawn up for that purpose.