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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 123

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The machine reads it as

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  2. 15H
  3. Opot
  4. lb
  5. IMNDC
  6. Hu
  7. acuI
  8. ccalior
  9. ADDeti
  10. cellicus
  11. 101
  12. le
  13. A
  14. A
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  16. 123
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  18. impossiblero bedonc. IFa man be chained eo every indi-
  19. ridual aet which he doch, and From every aet Wrhichhe doch
  20. nOc, by indissolrible bonds ot inericable necessey. hon
  21. Mould ihe Law cicher decerre him or Frame him d IF a DO8
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  23. From it. Make a chousand Lawes, chac che Are MaII nOE
  24. burn, vec ic willburn. Ard whacloerermen do (accord-
  25. insoT. TL.) chey do ic as necessarily, as che hire burnectr.
  26. Elans up a chouland Theers, and ita man be decermined in-
  27. ericably eo Acal, he must steal noemichstandins.
  28. FHe addes, chaethe sufferines imposedby ehe Lar upon de
  29. linquents, respect not theevit act past. but the e00d to come,
  30. and chacthe purrine os a delinquent to death by the Maxistrate
  31. fer any crime harsoever, cannot be justified before Cod, except
  32. there bea real intention to bene fitothers by his example. ThC
  33. cruchis, che punictrins oE delinquenes by Law, respectecti
  34. bochehie eril act past, and che 50od cocome. The prouni
  35. oFie, is cheeril aet past, ehe scopeor end ofie, is chie p00d
  36. eocome. Thc end withoue che pround cannoc justihe che
  37. act. A bad incention may make a g00d action bad; buc a
  38. Bood intention cannormake a bad action good. Ic is noc
  39. lawtul co do cril, chacsood maxcome otic, nor eo punistr
  40. an innoceur person For cheadmonition ot oehers; ChaC is
  41. cotallinco a cercaincrime, For Pear of an uncercain. A-
  42. sain, chouph chere vere no ocher end ot penalties inRict-
  43. cd. neicher probatory, nor castisatory, nor exemplary, bue
  44. oulys rindicatorr, ro lacistre the Law ouc oF a zcal oF Ju-
  45. Rice, by sirins eo erery one his omn, vec the action jc
  46. just and warrancable. Killine, as ic is considered in ic selF
  47. wichove allundue circumstances, as never prohibiced 10
  48. che lawsulMagittrare, who is che Viceperene or Lieuren-
  49. anc oFGod, trom inhom he derires his pover ot lite and
  50. deacH.
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  53. adesperate cause. BecFrst, ic is worch onr obserrationto
  54. sec hom otc he changech Mapes inthis one parricular. 6
  55. First.

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 123. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0135?run=74