Speeches on Social and Political Subjects: Military floggingRichard Griffin, 1857 - Great Britain |
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... mind but one degree removed from brutality , a liability to be lashed like a beast . It is idle to talk about rendering the situ- ation of a British soldier pleasant to himself , or desirable , far less honourable , in the estimation of ...
... mind but one degree removed from brutality , a liability to be lashed like a beast . It is idle to talk about rendering the situ- ation of a British soldier pleasant to himself , or desirable , far less honourable , in the estimation of ...
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... minds their former state of servitude and disgrace , that every hon- ourable impulse at once forsook their bosoms , and they betook themselves to flight and to howling . We entertain no anxiety about the character of our countrymen in ...
... minds their former state of servitude and disgrace , that every hon- ourable impulse at once forsook their bosoms , and they betook themselves to flight and to howling . We entertain no anxiety about the character of our countrymen in ...
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... minds , and forbade them to break in upon the question . A fence was drawn around the ground , taboo'd as it were by military engines , and other sym- bols of mere force . A spell bound the public mind , like that invisible power which ...
... minds , and forbade them to break in upon the question . A fence was drawn around the ground , taboo'd as it were by military engines , and other sym- bols of mere force . A spell bound the public mind , like that invisible power which ...
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... minds , having been once punished corporally , generally become negligent and unworthy of any confidence . Discipline requires the intervention of strong acts to maintain it , and to impress it on vulgar minds ; punishment may be ...
... minds , having been once punished corporally , generally become negligent and unworthy of any confidence . Discipline requires the intervention of strong acts to maintain it , and to impress it on vulgar minds ; punishment may be ...
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... mind of every man who has considered the subject . If they were not so now , they might be by a little recollection , because they have been so forcibly urged out of Parliament and in Par- liament , where many members have eloquently ...
... mind of every man who has considered the subject . If they were not so now , they might be by a little recollection , because they have been so forcibly urged out of Parliament and in Par- liament , where many members have eloquently ...
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