The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, Volume 1 |
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... contained in this volume . It has been selected at the request of a society , whose object is the diffusion of knowledge ( a ) Advancement of Learning . respecting the punishment of death and the im- provement of iv PREFACE .
... contained in this volume . It has been selected at the request of a society , whose object is the diffusion of knowledge ( a ) Advancement of Learning . respecting the punishment of death and the im- provement of iv PREFACE .
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... objects for capital punishment , principally de- pends upon circumstances , which , however easy to perceive in each particular case after the crime has been committed , it is impossible to communicate or define beforehand ; or to ascer ...
... objects for capital punishment , principally de- pends upon circumstances , which , however easy to perceive in each particular case after the crime has been committed , it is impossible to communicate or define beforehand ; or to ascer ...
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... objects of death , it might add something to the efficacy of the example , and , by be ng reserved for a few atrocious crimes , might also enlarge the scale of punishment ; an addition to which seems wanting ; for as the matter remains ...
... objects of death , it might add something to the efficacy of the example , and , by be ng reserved for a few atrocious crimes , might also enlarge the scale of punishment ; an addition to which seems wanting ; for as the matter remains ...
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... object , and shut to its inconveniences . When the abuse is re- dressed , you see only the severity of the legislator ; yet there remains an evil in the state that has sprung from this severity ; the minds of the people are corrupted ...
... object , and shut to its inconveniences . When the abuse is re- dressed , you see only the severity of the legislator ; yet there remains an evil in the state that has sprung from this severity ; the minds of the people are corrupted ...
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... object of this part of the discipline is the reformation of the offending person . Secondly , that the means of effecting this object consists 44 . MR . CLARKSON . MR CLARKSON.
... object of this part of the discipline is the reformation of the offending person . Secondly , that the means of effecting this object consists 44 . MR . CLARKSON . MR CLARKSON.
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