The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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19. oldal
The second consequence is impunity . Human nature is limited no less in evil
than in good . Excessive barbarity can never be more than temporary ; it being
impossible that it should be supported by a permanent system of legislation ; for if
the ...
The second consequence is impunity . Human nature is limited no less in evil
than in good . Excessive barbarity can never be more than temporary ; it being
impossible that it should be supported by a permanent system of legislation ; for if
the ...
23. oldal
the total and perpetual loss of his liberty , with the greatest advantages he could
possibly obtain in consequence of a crime . Perpetual slavery , then , has in it all
that is necessary to deter the most hardened and determined , as much as the ...
the total and perpetual loss of his liberty , with the greatest advantages he could
possibly obtain in consequence of a crime . Perpetual slavery , then , has in it all
that is necessary to deter the most hardened and determined , as much as the ...
34. oldal
When we carry therefore forwards our views to the more distant , but not less
certain consequences of these crimes ... the particular consequence of which
deprives only an individual of a small portion of his prosperity , and which even in
its ...
When we carry therefore forwards our views to the more distant , but not less
certain consequences of these crimes ... the particular consequence of which
deprives only an individual of a small portion of his prosperity , and which even in
its ...
37. oldal
Desertion in our days was grown to a very great height ; in consequence of which
it was judged proper to punish those delinquents with death ; and yet their
number did not diminish . The reason is very natural ; a soldier , accustomed to ...
Desertion in our days was grown to a very great height ; in consequence of which
it was judged proper to punish those delinquents with death ; and yet their
number did not diminish . The reason is very natural ; a soldier , accustomed to ...
38. oldal
Lysander † having obtained a victory over the Athenians ; the prisoners were
ordered to be tried , in consequence of an accusation brought against that nation
, of having thrown all the captives of two gallics down a precipicc , and of having ...
Lysander † having obtained a victory over the Athenians ; the prisoners were
ordered to be tried , in consequence of an accusation brought against that nation
, of having thrown all the captives of two gallics down a precipicc , and of having ...
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288. oldal - Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
17. oldal - 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.
185. oldal - Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
5. oldal - ... therefore, rarely hinders the commission of a crime, but naturally and commonly prevents its detection, and is, if we proceed only upon prudential principles, chiefly for that reason to be avoided. Whatever may be urged by casuists or politicians, the greater part of mankind, as they can never think that to pick the pocket and to pierce the heart is equally criminal, will scarcely believe that two malefactors so different in guilt can be justly doomed to the same punishment...
119. oldal - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. For he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5. oldal - He who knows not how often rigorous laws produce total impunity, and how many crimes are concealed and forgotten for fear of hurrying the offender to that state in which there is no repentance, has conversed very little with mankind.
16. oldal - If mathematical calculation could be applied to the obscure and infinite combinations of human actions, there might be a corresponding scale of punishments, descending from the greatest to the least: but it will be sufficient that the wise legislator mark the principal divisions, without disturbing the order, lest to crimes of the first degree be assigned punishments of the last.
2. oldal - The learned, the judicious, the pious Boerhaave relates that he never saw a criminal dragged to execution without asking himself: 'Who knows whether this man is not less culpable than me?' On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave let every spectator of the dreadful procession put the same question to his own heart.