Essays on the Punishment of DeathThe author, 1844 - 237 sivua |
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... , ' that joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth more than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance . ' Boston , January 1 , 1844 . CONTENTS . ESSAY I. - SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE . viii PREFACE .
... , ' that joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth more than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance . ' Boston , January 1 , 1844 . CONTENTS . ESSAY I. - SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE . viii PREFACE .
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... persons must engage in it , in order that what was criminal before may become innocent , not to say virtuous ; and upon what hitherto unheard of principles of morality is an act of murder in an individual , or a small corporation ...
... persons must engage in it , in order that what was criminal before may become innocent , not to say virtuous ; and upon what hitherto unheard of principles of morality is an act of murder in an individual , or a small corporation ...
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... person , though he be crimsoned over with blood . ' Ah ! ' exclaims M. Lucas , ' the best means of recalling to the guilty culprit the sense of the sacred character of the duty he has violated , is it not to respect it in his own person ...
... person , though he be crimsoned over with blood . ' Ah ! ' exclaims M. Lucas , ' the best means of recalling to the guilty culprit the sense of the sacred character of the duty he has violated , is it not to respect it in his own person ...
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... persons in whom uncorrupted nature has triumphed over cus- tom and law . Else why do we hear of houses being abandoned near to places of public execution ? Why do we see doors and windows shut , the days and hours of criminal executions ...
... persons in whom uncorrupted nature has triumphed over cus- tom and law . Else why do we hear of houses being abandoned near to places of public execution ? Why do we see doors and windows shut , the days and hours of criminal executions ...
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... person or law that inflicts it , but in the motive with which it is administered . ' ' Punishment is prospective ... persons are convicted for murder ? ' Hang them ! they deserve it ! They did not spare— let them not be spared ! Let ...
... person or law that inflicts it , but in the motive with which it is administered . ' ' Punishment is prospective ... persons are convicted for murder ? ' Hang them ! they deserve it ! They did not spare— let them not be spared ! Let ...
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Sivu 135 - 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 127 - 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 125 - 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 122 - 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 175 - 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 175 - Then came Peter to him, and said ; Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? till seven times ? Jesus saith unto him ; I say not unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
Sivu 134 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark...
Sivu 171 - Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Sivu 134 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man and cattle and the creeping things and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth; and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Sivu 158 - If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.