Essays on the Punishment of DeathSpear, 1844 - 237 páginas |
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Página v
... fact , the very starting point for every moral reform . For , of what avail will it be for any community to expect to prosper , unless the Sacredness of Human Life is first admit- ted ? Our object has been to establish this great truth ...
... fact , the very starting point for every moral reform . For , of what avail will it be for any community to expect to prosper , unless the Sacredness of Human Life is first admit- ted ? Our object has been to establish this great truth ...
Página vi
... facts , and leading to a series of metaphysical reasoning , and to an investigation of a variety of mental phenomena . Several friends advised him to direct his whole effort , first , to the abolition of the Pun- ishment of Death ; then ...
... facts , and leading to a series of metaphysical reasoning , and to an investigation of a variety of mental phenomena . Several friends advised him to direct his whole effort , first , to the abolition of the Pun- ishment of Death ; then ...
Página vii
... facts in human progress ! In the course of our examination of the Scriptures , we spent much time in bringing out the number of offences in the Code of Moses . In the wide range which critics have taken , we found no one who had ...
... facts in human progress ! In the course of our examination of the Scriptures , we spent much time in bringing out the number of offences in the Code of Moses . In the wide range which critics have taken , we found no one who had ...
Página ix
... Facts in England - Lord Brougham's speech -Petitions of jurors and merchants - Testimony of Blackstone -Anecdote of a ... fact - Hangman and the judge , ESSAY VII . - EFFECT OF ABOLISHMENT . Rome - Russia - Bombay - Belgium - Tuscany ...
... Facts in England - Lord Brougham's speech -Petitions of jurors and merchants - Testimony of Blackstone -Anecdote of a ... fact - Hangman and the judge , ESSAY VII . - EFFECT OF ABOLISHMENT . Rome - Russia - Bombay - Belgium - Tuscany ...
Página x
... fact in reference to Mr. Dorr , in Rhode Island , respecting treason - French revolution - Robespierre's speech against Capital Punishment - Son of God a victim to this law— Stories of Colonel Hayne - Mrs . Gaunt - Lady Lisle - Testi ...
... fact in reference to Mr. Dorr , in Rhode Island , respecting treason - French revolution - Robespierre's speech against Capital Punishment - Son of God a victim to this law— Stories of Colonel Hayne - Mrs . Gaunt - Lady Lisle - Testi ...
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abolished advocates Arson beast benefit of clergy blood Boston Bowdoin College brother Cain capital offences Capital Punishment Christ Christian committed condemned convicted covenant crime criminal earth England ESSAY eyes fact father feel French Revolution friends gallows gibbet give guilty hand hanging hangman heart heaven human hundred imprisonment inflicted innocent Jesus judge jury labor Lamech legislation liberty lives look Lord martial music ment mind moral Moses murder never object Old Bailey penalty persons poor present principle prisoner public executions punishment of death put to death Rantoul reader reform remark revenge ROBERT RANTOUL sacred says scaffold scene SHALT NOT KILL shed sheddeth slave society solemn soul spirit statute stealing suffering suicide SYLVESTER JUDD Thou shalt thought tion treason truth Tuscany unto UPHAM victim violence voice whole wife witness writer
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 180 - 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.
Página 157 - At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of their increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: and the Levite, * * * and the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
Página 162 - 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.
Página 139 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Página 148 - He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity; he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.