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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 125

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The machine reads it as

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  2. del
  3. ale
  4. dibe
  5. cen
  6. a MI
  7. 11A
  8. e Wi
  9. Chati
  10. Wercec
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  12. ed
  13. Bul
  14. Cyeau
  15. dd0,
  16. ic do
  17. COn
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  19. M et
  20. Nere
  21. dies
  22. iherest
  23. Decaut
  24. are
  25. Dred
  26. exv
  27. astin
  28. al Id
  29. ee
  30. et
  31. 10
  32. 23
  33. ic, my hand is naxious, bue che Law punistrechche ochex
  34. rtio isfaulez. Andcheretore hehachrealonco propoleche
  35. queltion. hor it is jast rohill on. man to amend another; if he
  36. uhokilled aid nothins bat whac he mas necessitated todo. HC
  37. mistre as Well demand hon ic is lawtul eo murcher a compa-
  38. ny ot innocene Intans eo matie a bach, oF cheir lukemarm
  39. blood, tor curins che Leprohie. IEhad beenAMOTe Fa-
  40. cionalmay; Arst cohare demonstraced chac ic is (0, and chen
  41. eohare questioned wrhy ic is lo. Hisallertion ic selEis bue
  42. a dream, and cherealon rhich hegires ofic why il is(0, 15
  43. a dream OF a dream.
  44. Thelum oF ic isthis; That where there is ne Lam, there
  45. nekilline or ans thins else ean be unjust; that before the consti,
  46. tution of C ommenmealths every man had porver ro lill anoiher,
  47. if he conceivedhim tobe hartfull tobim: that at the constituri-
  48. on of Commonmealhes particular menlar domnthisrishe in part,
  49. and inpart reserve it to themselves, as in caseof thefi, or mur-
  50. ther. That therieht wehich the Commonmealchhath to put a
  51. malefactor to deathis net created by the Lam but remaineth
  52. fromehe firstrieht of Nature, which every man hath to pre-
  53. servehimself; that che billins of men in this case is as thebilline
  54. of beasts in order toour oon preservation. This may wellDC
  55. called stringins oF Paradoxes.
  56. BUE Frft. i chere nerer was any such cime when Man
  57. kind was wichoue Gorernors and Laves, and Societies. Pa-
  58. ternal Gorernmene was in che worte trom chebesinnins.
  59. and the Lam oENacure. Theremishe be lomerimes a roocot
  60. Tuch Barbarous Theerist Brisanes, in Comerocks, Or delarrs.
  61. Orodd corners oFche Worid. Duc ic mas an abule and a dese.
  62. neracion From chenacure ot man, who is a poliricalereacure.
  63. This Parase opinion restects co0 much upon chehonour ot
  64. mankind.
  65. Secondly, chere nerer Was arime when ic was lawtullor-
  66. dinarily For prirace meneo kill one anocher For cheir own
  67. preserration. IF Cod ouldhare had men live like wild
  68. beats, as Tions, BearS, Or Pysers, he mouldhare armed
  69. ehem wichhornes, orcustis, or calons, or pricks; bue oF aII
  70. creatures man is born moknated, WichiOUEANY WCAPON EO
  71. detend

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The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance, fol. 125. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1030877386:0137?run=74