362 Fundamental Principles of 



and reputation of his country ; that he never will de- 

 mand, accept, or receive any pay or other recompense 

 or reward of any kind whatever from any person or 

 persons, for his services or trouble in carrying into exe- 

 cution the proposed scheme, or any part thereof, or for 

 any thing he may do or perform iii future relating to it, 

 or to any of its details or concerns. 



And, moreover, that he never will avail himself of any 

 opportunities that may offer in the execution of the 

 plan proposed for deriving profit, emolument, or advan- 

 tage of any kind, either for himself, his friends, or con- 

 nections ; but that, on the contrary, he will take upon 

 himself to be personally responsible to the public, and 

 more immediately to the subscribers to this undertaking, 

 that no person shall find means to make a job of the 

 proposed establishment, or of any of the details of its 

 execution or of its management, as long as the author 

 of these proposals remains charged with its direction. 



With respect to the particular objects and extent of 

 the proposed establishment, these may be seen by the 

 account which is given of them at the head of these 

 proposals; and as to their utility there can be no 

 doubts. They certainly must tend very powerfully to 

 promote the comfort, happiness, and prosperity of soci- 

 ety, and will do honour to the nation as well as to those 

 individuals who may contribute to carry them into exe- 

 cution. 



With regard to the possibility of carrying into effect 

 the proposed scheme, the facility with which this may 

 be done will be evident when the method of doing it, 

 which will now be pointed out, is duly considered. 



As soon as a sum shall be subscribed sufficient for 

 the purposes intended, the author of these proposals 



