Essays on the Punishment of DeathThe author, 1844 - 237 sivua |
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Sivu 15
... tion of Rights admits this great truth . Settle this great question forever , and then society will begin to improve ; humanity will be respected , and the criminal will be looked on with pity as a man and a brother . It has been said ...
... tion of Rights admits this great truth . Settle this great question forever , and then society will begin to improve ; humanity will be respected , and the criminal will be looked on with pity as a man and a brother . It has been said ...
Sivu 16
... tion - a form of expression often used to avoid long and difficult explanations of the real nature of the relation between the body politic and its individual members . This relation is not , strictly speaking , that of a compact . It ...
... tion - a form of expression often used to avoid long and difficult explanations of the real nature of the relation between the body politic and its individual members . This relation is not , strictly speaking , that of a compact . It ...
Sivu 17
... tion . " " But admitting all that the most strenuous advocates contend for , respecting the social compact , the question returns . Can the individual give to society a right which was never conferred on him by his Creator ? Has any one ...
... tion . " " But admitting all that the most strenuous advocates contend for , respecting the social compact , the question returns . Can the individual give to society a right which was never conferred on him by his Creator ? Has any one ...
Sivu 27
... tion of life under whatever pretext . Whoever strength- ens this association in the public mind , does more to prevent murders than any punishment , with whatever aggravation of torture , can effect through fear . The denomination of ...
... tion of life under whatever pretext . Whoever strength- ens this association in the public mind , does more to prevent murders than any punishment , with whatever aggravation of torture , can effect through fear . The denomination of ...
Sivu 33
... tion of death as a rightful punishment for human offences by demoralizing the public heart , and famil- iarizing it with the idea of these cold , formal , and deliberate judicial murders - by setting such a high social example of the ...
... tion of death as a rightful punishment for human offences by demoralizing the public heart , and famil- iarizing it with the idea of these cold , formal , and deliberate judicial murders - by setting such a high social example of the ...
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abolished advocates Arson beast benefit of clergy blood Boston Bowdoin College brother Cain capital offences Capital Punishment Christ Christian command committed condemned convicted court covenant crime criminal divine earth England ESSAY eyes fact father feel French Revolution gallows gibbet give guilty hand hang hangman heart heaven human hundred imprisonment inflicted innocent Jesus judge jury labor Lamech legislation liberty lives look Lord manslaughter martial music ment mind moral Moses murder never object Old Bailey penal penalty persons poor present principle prisoner public executions punishment of death put to death Rantoul reader reason reform remark revenge ROBERT RANTOUL sacred says scaffold scene SHALT NOT KILL shed slave society solemn soul spirit Statutes stealing suffering suicide SYLVESTER JUDD Thou shalt thought thousand tion truth Tuscany unto victim violence voice wife writer
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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.