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be for their interest to reform , and they will reform and lead honest lives ;
according to Mr. Bentham . He says , ' All men act from calculation : even
madmen reason ' ; and , in our opinion , he might as well carry this maxim to
Bedlam or St.
be for their interest to reform , and they will reform and lead honest lives ;
according to Mr. Bentham . He says , ' All men act from calculation : even
madmen reason ' ; and , in our opinion , he might as well carry this maxim to
Bedlam or St.
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of this stamp what is his interest ; he says he does not care about his interest , or
the world and he differ on that particular . But there is one point on which he must
agree with them , namely , what they think of his conduct , and that is the only ...
of this stamp what is his interest ; he says he does not care about his interest , or
the world and he differ on that particular . But there is one point on which he must
agree with them , namely , what they think of his conduct , and that is the only ...
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He has no enthusiasm or sensibility to make him overlook the meanness of a
subject , or a little irregularity in the treatment of it , from the interest it excites : to a
mind like his , the serious and affecting is a kind of natural burlesque . It is a
matter ...
He has no enthusiasm or sensibility to make him overlook the meanness of a
subject , or a little irregularity in the treatment of it , from the interest it excites : to a
mind like his , the serious and affecting is a kind of natural burlesque . It is a
matter ...
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