[clxii. 171]

1820 May 23

Emancipation Spanish

'. 7. Rulers gainers

10 Factitious dignity

If there were a case in which titles of honour and other instruments of factitious dignity were really useful - were really contributing to the production of meritorious service production of preponderant benefit to the community at large it would be the case in /of/ what is bestowed upon men belonging to the military profession

But even in this case the effects of it may be pronounced so much pure evil - it may safely be asserted it produces /of it that it produces/ considerable evil and no good in any shape