Théorie des RécompenseSy liv. IV, p

77. TraUéSy Vue générale dun corps complet de législation^ chap. xzviii; Bowring, vol. III, p. p. 203. — Principes du Code civil j V partie, chap. IV et V ; Bowring, vol. I, pp. 303-5.

78. Man, of Pol. ECj chap. ii; Bowring, vol. III, p. 35. — Théorie des JiécompenseSf liv. IV, chap. i.

79. Man. of Pol. £c., chap. m; Bowring, vol. III, pp. 58-59. — Théorie des Récompenses^ liv. IV, chap. m. pp. 264 sqq.

80. Man. of Pol. Ec, chap. m; Bowring, vol. III, p. 71. — Théorie des Récompenses, liv. IV, chap. xiii, p. 352.

81. Man. of Pol. Ec. chap, i ; Bowring, vol. III, p. 33. — Celte expression quMl prend à son compte en matière d'économie politique, Bentham s*en était servi, en 1776, en matière de législation, pour flétrir Blackstone. V. Fragm, on Gov. chap. V, § x (Bowring, vol. I, p. 294) : Belween thèse two points, indeed, the w and the ought to be, bo opposite as thcy frequently are in the eyes of other men, tlie spirit of obsequious quielism that seems constitutional in our Author, will scarce ever lot him recognise a différence.

82. Th. des Réc. liv. IV, Introd., p. 249 : En résultat, l'économie politique est une science plutôt qu'un art. Il y a beaucoup à apprendre, et peu à faire.

83. Josiah Tucker, The Case of going to \yar, for tlie sahe of Procuring, Enlarging, or Securing ofTrade, considered in a new light, being a fragment of a greater work, Londres, 1763, p. 31 : The great Laws of Providence, and the Course of Nature, are not to be reversed or counter-acted by the feeble Effort of wayward Man... p. 32 : In the nalural world, our bountiful Creator hath formed difîcront Soils, and appointcd Clîmates; whereby the inhabitants of différent Countries may supply cach other with their respective Fruits and Products; so that by exciting a reciprocal Industry, they may carry on an Intercourse mutually bénéficiai, and universally benevolent. —Et Burke, Lrllers.., on the... peace witJi the régicide directory ; Works, vol. VIII, p. ^M : a the benign and wise Disposer of ail things, who obliges men, whetlier they will or not, in pursuing their own sclfish interesls, loconnect the général good with their own individual success ».

84. Introd., chap. XVI, § xxxvi, note (Bowring, vol. I, p. 118) : Usury,

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-which, if it must be an ofTenœ, is an ofTeoce oommîUed "with consent, that is, viith thc consenl of the party supposed 4o be injurod, cannot merit a place in the catalogue of offenoes, onless Lhe consent werc eitber uB&irlyobtained or nnfreely : in the first iiase, it coïncides withdefrandjneat; in the other ^ith extortion.

85. Bentfaam à Oeo. Wilson, 19-aO déc. 1786 (BowHng, vol. X, p. i63i: Sir R. W. has a notion that Pitt means to Toduce the rate of interest from five to four. Tell me what you hear aboat it; were it true I sbonld iike to give him -a pièce of iny mind iirst. I bave arguments agaiastit ready eut and dry : thc former epithet you may hâve some doubt about ; the latteryou will not dispute. Cf. letti-e à Wilson, 9-20 février 1787 iBow* ring, vol- X, p. 170) :.. . I am writing lotters to you abusing Pitl forbcing about to rcduce thc rate of interest, and abusing the world for limiting the rate of interest at ail.

86. Bentham à \N'ilsun, 19-30 déc. 1786 (Bowring, vol X, p. 1C7>.

87. Ti-ail à Bontlwiu, 26 février 1787 tBowring, vol X, p. 171); \Vil*)a à Bentham, 24 avril 1787 (Bowring, vol. X, pp. 17îW).