Essays on the Punishment of DeathThe author, 1844 - 237 sivua |
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Sivu 33
... shed for blood ! and added , very frankly , " I must confess that there is some little feeling of revenge at the bottom of my opinion on the subject . " ' If all other reasoners , ' adds Mr. Livingston , ' were equally candid , there ...
... shed for blood ! and added , very frankly , " I must confess that there is some little feeling of revenge at the bottom of my opinion on the subject . " ' If all other reasoners , ' adds Mr. Livingston , ' were equally candid , there ...
Sivu 60
... shed . ' Volumes might be written , showing the brutalizing influence of this sanguinary law upon the commu- * A single illustration of this truth will alone speak volumes . The celebrated Volney , in a lecture at the Normal School at ...
... shed . ' Volumes might be written , showing the brutalizing influence of this sanguinary law upon the commu- * A single illustration of this truth will alone speak volumes . The celebrated Volney , in a lecture at the Normal School at ...
Sivu 67
... loved son ; the distracted sister over a fallen brother ! It has not been the business of history to keep a record of tears shed in private , and of hearts bleeding and broken in retirement . But they are not forgotten by.
... loved son ; the distracted sister over a fallen brother ! It has not been the business of history to keep a record of tears shed in private , and of hearts bleeding and broken in retirement . But they are not forgotten by.
Sivu 95
... substitute anger and vengeance ; if they cause to flow human blood which they might spare , and which they have not the right to shed ; if they display before the eyes of the people scenes of cruelty , and corpses DANGEROUS TO LIBERTY . 95.
... substitute anger and vengeance ; if they cause to flow human blood which they might spare , and which they have not the right to shed ; if they display before the eyes of the people scenes of cruelty , and corpses DANGEROUS TO LIBERTY . 95.
Sivu 138
... shed ! ' And pray what certainty have we , on this ground , that , in future legislation , God may not make a similar mistake ! And how are we to know but he has been mistaken in every age , and that even in sending Christianity from ...
... shed ! ' And pray what certainty have we , on this ground , that , in future legislation , God may not make a similar mistake ! And how are we to know but he has been mistaken in every age , and that even in sending Christianity from ...
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Sivu 177 - And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Sivu 176 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Sivu 139 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Sivu 131 - 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.
Sivu 167 - The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...
Sivu 217 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Sivu 129 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Sivu 126 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Sivu 179 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Sivu 127 - And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.