Observations on Penal Jurisprudence and the Reformation of Criminals: With an Appendix, Containing the Latest Reports of the State-prisons Or Penitentiaries of Philadelphia, New-York, and Massachusetts, and Other DocumentsT. Cadell and W. Davies and J. and A. Arch, 1819 - 323 من الصفحات |
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... cause of the calamities of the human race , and has rendered the world a constant theatre of injustice and bloodshed . But whilst severe punishments are ineffec- tually resorted to , for the purpose of securing society from injury ...
... cause of the calamities of the human race , and has rendered the world a constant theatre of injustice and bloodshed . But whilst severe punishments are ineffec- tually resorted to , for the purpose of securing society from injury ...
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... causes be effectually removed ? That the present moment is in the highest degree favourable for entering on such a task , must be apparent to every one who considers that we are just recovering from the effects of a long and most ...
... causes be effectually removed ? That the present moment is in the highest degree favourable for entering on such a task , must be apparent to every one who considers that we are just recovering from the effects of a long and most ...
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... , and that he was himself sensibly under the influence of liquor during the whole time of his trial . In the Times of Oct .. the same cause a very respectable witness attri- butes the 28 ON THE PREVENTION OF CRIMES .
... , and that he was himself sensibly under the influence of liquor during the whole time of his trial . In the Times of Oct .. the same cause a very respectable witness attri- butes the 28 ON THE PREVENTION OF CRIMES .
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... cause a very respectable witness attri- butes the spirit of insubordination and sedition which has manifested itself in some districts , and the murders to which it has given rise . The general conclusion drawn by him from his evidence ...
... cause a very respectable witness attri- butes the spirit of insubordination and sedition which has manifested itself in some districts , and the murders to which it has given rise . The general conclusion drawn by him from his evidence ...
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... cause of the unexampled frequency of crimes in the present day , is the open and unrestrained practice of gaming , which , originating in the higher classes , has in- fected the lower , till it has become the habitual occupation even of ...
... cause of the unexampled frequency of crimes in the present day , is the open and unrestrained practice of gaming , which , originating in the higher classes , has in- fected the lower , till it has become the habitual occupation even of ...
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الصفحة 140 - 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 179 - Therefore, do unto all men as ye would they should do unto you : for this is the law and the prophets" Thirdly, Beware of all ostentation of virtue, goodness, or piety.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 130 - 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.
الصفحة 120 - 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 58 - His hand is against every man; and every man's hand is against him.
الصفحة 24 - In moderate governments, the love of one's country, shame, and the fear of blame are restraining motives, capable of preventing a multitude of crimes.