1821 April 16.

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Means

Distributive

4 Equality

Remains to be considered how far and in what way advance is capable of being made

towards absolute equality - equality is capable of being promoted - advance made

towards absolute equality - and addition thus made to the greatest happiness of the

greatest number - without prejudice to security.

For this purpose, it will be necessary to observe in what way it is that by

defalcations made from security, happiness is diminished.

1. When and inproportion as by any cause defalcation to any amount is made from the

mass of a man's property whether in possession or in contingency, a correspondent

defalcation, - there is always sufficient reason for believing - is thereby made from

the sum of his happiness.

The defalcation thus made for /from/ happiness, may have place, without his being

apprised of the defalcation made from his property.

Such is the case for example where a man having in his possession a mass of property

the exact amount of which is not known to him, a defalcation not known or suspected

by him is made from it whether by design or accident.

So again in case of contingency. A gift or legacy being without his knowledge

intended for him, a third person intervenes and without his knowledge or suspicion

prevents the intention from being executed.

In this case happiness is diminished viz. by diminution of pleasure. But in this

case no positive pain is produced.