Bowring, vol. X, p. 216 : Bentham à George \Yilson

122. Dumont, Discours Préliminaire, pp. X-XI. V. Bowring, vol. I, p. 1 ;

298 NOTES. (Pp. 38-43)

préface à la 2^ édit. de l'Introduction une explication de la raison qui détermina Dentham à publier en 1789 : c Another considération is, that the suppression of the présent work, had itbeen ever so decidedly wished, is no longer altogethcr in his power. In the course of so long an interral. Tarions incidents bave introduced copies into varions hands, from souit" of ii\hich they bave been transferrcd, by doaths andotbers accident», into others that are unknown to him. Detached, but considérable extracts, havc cven been published, without any dishonourable views (for the name of tlic author was vcry honestly subjoined to them), but \vitbout his privity, and in publications undcrtaken without his knowledge. » Mni< nous n'avons pas trouvé trace de ces publications de fragments.

123. Introduction, chap. I, § i. Bowring, vol. X, p. 1. — Cf. Uelvetius, deVEsprit : c II semble que... Dieu... ait dit... à Thomme : a Je te doue de la sensibilité; c'est par elle qu'aveugle inMrument de mes volontés, incapable d connaître la profondeur de mes vues, tu dois, sans le savoir, remplir tous

mes desseins. Je te mets sous la garde du plaisir et de la douleur, etc.

124. Introduction, chap. VHI , § i , p. 2 : the art of directing men's actions to the production of the greatest possible quantily of happiness, on the part of thosc whose interest is in view (Bowring, vol. I, p. 142).