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There is no punishment which in itself unites
all the desirable qualities. To accomplish the object end
in view it is necessary to have the power of
choosing from among a number of punishments,
of varying them and of causing many to enter combining several
in the same lot. In medicine there is no parallel.
In this art of The practice of this art requires
the employment of a variety of means to adapt
it to the nature of the disorders and the
constitution of the patients: the art of medicine
consists in a knowledge of the proper remedies,
in combining, and adapting them to circumstances.
The In a catalogue list of punishments in a catalogue we have a list
of offences. The same evil committed done inflicted under
the authority of the law or in violation of the law
constitutes a punishment or an office. The nature
of the evil then is the same, but its appear consequences
are widely different. The offences
The crime produces alarm, the punishment re-establishes
security. A crime produces universal mischief:
punishment universal protection security. A crime by
by which a single an individual benefits, produces
universal mischief; punishment by the suffering
of a as an individual, produces general good.
Suspend the infliction of punishment; a general
state of disorder would be the consequence, and
society would be depressed. Re-establish Renew the
infliction of punishment, the passions are assuaged restored
order is reestablished, and the weakness of each
individual finds protection in the united power
of the community.
Every thing that relates to punishment may
be distributed under the following heads
1. Capital punishments: fiz. those which put an
end to the life of the delinquent.
2. Afflictive punishments viz – those which produce occasion
corporal suffering. But the effect of which is
but temporary, such as whipping
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