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... periods of society , we shall indeed find , as might be expected , systems of legislation established , and punish- ments inflicted , upon the most absurd and irra- tional grounds ; frequently from the impulse of resentment , or by way ...
... periods of society , we shall indeed find , as might be expected , systems of legislation established , and punish- ments inflicted , upon the most absurd and irra- tional grounds ; frequently from the impulse of resentment , or by way ...
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... period of his condemna- tion . There was a time when it was supposed to be of great importance to the prosperity of this country that we should colonize foreign parts , and in particular that we should people the Coasts of America ; and ...
... period of his condemna- tion . There was a time when it was supposed to be of great importance to the prosperity of this country that we should colonize foreign parts , and in particular that we should people the Coasts of America ; and ...
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... period of his captivity ; and till it does arrive , let us continue to avail ourselves of the most likely measures in our power , to call the guilty to re- pentance , and to soften the calamities of human nature . On this subject , it ...
... period of his captivity ; and till it does arrive , let us continue to avail ourselves of the most likely measures in our power , to call the guilty to re- pentance , and to soften the calamities of human nature . On this subject , it ...
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... period that has been usual , whilst imprisonment was considered ( and very justly ) merely as a punishment , and carried to such a distance , as to afford a reasonable and suffi- cient time for the inculcation of better princi- ples and ...
... period that has been usual , whilst imprisonment was considered ( and very justly ) merely as a punishment , and carried to such a distance , as to afford a reasonable and suffi- cient time for the inculcation of better princi- ples and ...
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... period , whilst these institutions con- tinued to answer their intended purpose . It is indeed only of late , that the inconveniences com- plained of have arisen to such an alarming de- gree ; and these , there can be no doubt , will be ...
... period , whilst these institutions con- tinued to answer their intended purpose . It is indeed only of late , that the inconveniences com- plained of have arisen to such an alarming de- gree ; and these , there can be no doubt , will be ...
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Page 136 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
Page 57 - Ev'n those who dwell beneath its very zone, Or never feel the rage, or never own ; What happier natures shrink at with affright, The hard inhabitant contends is right. Virtuous and vicious ev'ry man must be, Few in th...
Page 121 - Religion encourages the assurance, that, if we " train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it.
Page 77 - The subject here presented is one of the most important that can engage the attention of the profession. The volume should be generally read, as the subject-matter is of great importance to society.
Page 42 - It is a kind of quackery in government, and argues a want of solid skill, to apply the same universal remedy, the ultimum supplicium, to every case of difficulty. It is, it must be owned, much easier to extirpate than to amend mankind; yet that magistrate must be esteemed both a weak and a cruel surgeon, who cuts off every limb, which, through ignorance or indolence, he will not attempt to cure.
Page 16 - As several of them thug discharged were old offenders, there was some reason to fear that they would not long behave as honest citizens. But if they have returned to their old courses, they have chosen to run the risk of being hanged in other states, rather than encounter the certainty of being confined in the penitentiary cells of this. We may therefore conclude, that the plan adopted has had a good effect on these; for it is a fact well known, that many of them were heretofore frequently at the...
Page 122 - For this cause also thank we GOD without ceasing, because when ye received the Word of GOD, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of man, but as it is in truth, the Word of GOD, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 116 - States do not transport convicts; but men are put to labor in the rasp-houses, and women to proper work in the spin-houses — upon this professed maxim, 'MAKE THEM DILIGENT AND THEY WILL BE HONEST.' Great care is taken to give them moral and religious instruction, and reform their manners, for their own and the public good ; and I am well informed that many come out sober and honest.
Page 41 - It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.
Page 102 - CHARLES, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de France et de Navarre, A tous ceux qui ces présentes verront, salut.