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... punishment . Under seven he is not considered responsible , although between seven and fourteen he may be tried and punished if proved to be conscious of the nature of crime . Thus the common law of England has fixed upon certain ...
... punishment . Under seven he is not considered responsible , although between seven and fourteen he may be tried and punished if proved to be conscious of the nature of crime . Thus the common law of England has fixed upon certain ...
Page 58
... punishment of the offence is regarded as martyrdom . No sooner is the prisoner free than he is substantially welcomed by a " subscription " raised on his behalf . " In their continual warfare with the force they resemble many savage ...
... punishment of the offence is regarded as martyrdom . No sooner is the prisoner free than he is substantially welcomed by a " subscription " raised on his behalf . " In their continual warfare with the force they resemble many savage ...
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... notice a particular that must appeal to the heart of every one who has the slightest faith in the revealed doctrine of future rewards and punishments . If mortality . early labour snatches the child from the school 84 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY .
... notice a particular that must appeal to the heart of every one who has the slightest faith in the revealed doctrine of future rewards and punishments . If mortality . early labour snatches the child from the school 84 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY .
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... punishment would be salutary , and the prison a school of repentance and virtue . The felon and the convict we employ on public works . Their wrongs . The plea is , they have wronged society . Society , in fact , is taking its revenge ...
... punishment would be salutary , and the prison a school of repentance and virtue . The felon and the convict we employ on public works . Their wrongs . The plea is , they have wronged society . Society , in fact , is taking its revenge ...
Page 153
... punish him for the less , and not for the greater evil . Nay , to punish him for the lesser evil , because it is personal , we wantonly aggravate the greater evils already inflicted on others . Can such palpable selfishness have any ...
... punish him for the less , and not for the greater evil . Nay , to punish him for the lesser evil , because it is personal , we wantonly aggravate the greater evils already inflicted on others . Can such palpable selfishness have any ...
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Page 75 - And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 277 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 76 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 69 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle...
Page 81 - ... that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Page 292 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Page 50 - Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you ; and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Page 73 - For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Page 256 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 299 - Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.