A letter to the trustees of the Manchester Infirmary, Dispensary, Lunatic Hospital, & Asylum / [James Jackson].

  • James Jackson
Date:
1804
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Credit: A letter to the trustees of the Manchester Infirmary, Dispensary, Lunatic Hospital, & Asylum / [James Jackson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be found an identity of result. But were they, on the other hand, to sit and reason together, the subject would be viewed in all its aspects and relations; the opinions of the one would be tempered by those of the other; and their final resolution would more certainly bear the stamp of wisdom. Among individuals associated together there is naturally generated, not only a partiality for every member, but a particular sentiment of complacency towards the society at large. This sentiment, variously modified, according to particular circumstances, is denominated a corporation-spirit among citizens ; clanishness among the members of a family, or the inhab¬ itants of a district; party-spirit among fac¬ tions ; and patriotism among states. It is a sentiment replete with all the malignity of self-love, but rendered audacious by having- borrowed somewhat of the garment of benevo¬ lence. The citizen will openly assert the fran¬ chises of his corporation, by means, the impu¬ tation of which, for maintaining his private rights, would suffuse his countenance with
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