Essays on the Punishment of DeathThe author, 1844 - 237 pagini |
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Pagina v
... principle , and fewer still have carried it into practical operation . Such being the condition of society , the author has felt impelled , from a sense of duty , to complete a work expressly devoted to a consideration of the penalty of ...
... principle , and fewer still have carried it into practical operation . Such being the condition of society , the author has felt impelled , from a sense of duty , to complete a work expressly devoted to a consideration of the penalty of ...
Pagina 18
... principles of morality is an act of murder in an individual , or a small corporation , converted into an act of justice whenever another subscriber has joined the association for mutual sacrifice ? It is a familiar fact , in the history ...
... principles of morality is an act of murder in an individual , or a small corporation , converted into an act of justice whenever another subscriber has joined the association for mutual sacrifice ? It is a familiar fact , in the history ...
Pagina 19
... principle which has been ex- cluded from our criminal legislation , should continue to constitute one of its elements . ' * This reasoning will appear very singular to an American legislator . The author evidently felt the force of the ...
... principle which has been ex- cluded from our criminal legislation , should continue to constitute one of its elements . ' * This reasoning will appear very singular to an American legislator . The author evidently felt the force of the ...
Pagina 20
... principle the doctrines of any particular faith . * * It must regard only the general good of society . No one can tell where such a course will end , if the necessities of society are to be subjected to all the requisitions of theology ...
... principle the doctrines of any particular faith . * * It must regard only the general good of society . No one can tell where such a course will end , if the necessities of society are to be subjected to all the requisitions of theology ...
Pagina 24
... principle , upon which wri- ters on moral philosophy , and mankind generally , are more universally agreed than upon almost any other , ) it follows that no man has the right to authorize another to take away his life . So that the ...
... principle , upon which wri- ters on moral philosophy , and mankind generally , are more universally agreed than upon almost any other , ) it follows that no man has the right to authorize another to take away his life . So that the ...
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you ; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.