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4) Homicide.
Mischief. private. preceeded by sensations which the last of which
are, as far as can be judged from the external
appearances they exhibit are intensely painful.
The last moments of life when destroy'd at a man's own agency, or by any other least by any internal cause: If any among the acts whereby life may be destroy'd there were any as pleasant
as that whereby it is produced, I will not claim
the race of men would be less numerous, but the succession
probably would be speedier. more speedy.
in many places the putting a voluntary termination to one's own life seemingly authorized by example
and no where prohibited by precept.
The apprehension of natural death does not fasten
like that of a violent one from a murderer upon
the present moment — If it is deferred to old
age, it is deferred to a time at which life to a certain
degree ceases to be alike desirable.
Identifier: | JB/072/146/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 72.
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jeremy bentham |
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caroline vernon |
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