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make four, but I do not undertake to make muckling either reasoners comprehend the simplest arguments or most evident conclusions. I moreover never assumed in my reply to them to enter and have been every topic connected with matters which have occupied attention for upwards of two and a half years the subject of a voluminous correspondence. And I deny that I can reasonably be supposed to admit all apertions, which I have done what I could expect.

All but the most excruciating I have from time to time, as reference to my despatches will prove, patiently replied to fresh arguments as they arose against the policy of the present Licensing system, whilst I have never pretended to uphold it against any equally effective measure to put down Police corruption, and suppress the evils of secret gaming. I took the liberty of referring the Memorialists, in more than one paragraph of my reply, to the previously published official correspondence on the subject, and confess my inability to do much more, because no amount of reiteration can strengthen argument.

23. I will illustrate this by referring to the stock argument of all who assume that they prove the impolicy and iniquity of a particular policy, imputing unworthy motives to those who ...

22. Therefore Memorialists,

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251 make four, but I do not undertake to make muckling either reasoners comprehend the simplest arguments or most evident conclusions. I moreover never assumed in my reply to them to enter and have been every topic connected with matters which have occupied attention for upwards of two and a half years the subject of a voluminous correspondence. And I deny that I can reasonably be supposed to admit all apertions, which I have done what I could expect. All but the most excruciating I have from time to time, as reference to my despatches will prove, patiently replied to fresh arguments as they arose against the policy of the present Licensing system, whilst I have never pretended to uphold it against any equally effective measure to put down Police corruption, and suppress the evils of secret gaming. I took the liberty of referring the Memorialists, in more than one paragraph of my reply, to the previously published official correspondence on the subject, and confess my inability to do much more, because no amount of reiteration can strengthen argument. 23. I will illustrate this by referring to the stock argument of all who assume that they prove the impolicy and iniquity of a particular policy, imputing unworthy motives to those who ... 22. Therefore Memorialists, ... Page 252 appears to be missing, however, the text is continued as follows: (The rest of the text is not available, but the original text continues as follows, assuming the original document is correctly ordered.) However, to follow the exact instruction for output format using HTML with for paragraphs, the corrected version is: 251 make four, but I do not undertake to make muckling either reasoners comprehend the simplest arguments or most evident conclusions. I moreover never assumed in my reply to them to enter and have been every topic connected with matters which have occupied attention for upwards of two and a half years the subject of a voluminous correspondence. And I deny that I can reasonably be supposed to admit all apertions, which I have done what I could expect. All but the most excruciating I have from time to time, as reference to my despatches will prove, patiently replied to fresh arguments as they arose against the policy of the present Licensing system, whilst I have never pretended to uphold it against any equally effective measure to put down Police corruption, and suppress the evils of secret gaming. I took the liberty of referring the Memorialists, in more than one paragraph of my reply, to the previously published official correspondence on the subject, and confess my inability to do much more, because no amount of reiteration can strengthen argument. 23. I will illustrate this by referring to the stock argument of all who assume that they prove the impolicy and iniquity of a particular policy, imputing unworthy motives to those who... 22. Therefore Memorialists, ...

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