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a modification of theft the punishment
shall be death; but by a standing point
of constitutional law the King has it in
his power to exempt from this punishment
and without reason declared, and without
having any good reason any and every
man he pleases.
The ways by which the interest of the
fraternity is by this arrangement served
are many. 1. In points of law and those
of the highest interest.
1. The people are accustomed to the most
profound uncertainty and from the influence
of custom by which men are reconciled to the
greatest enormities reconciled to it and
even wedded to it.
2. The people are accustomed and by
custom rendered familiar with, and by
familiarity reconciled to falsehood and
. When the law receives its authority
from the touch of the awful Sceptre,
the King in solemn form is made to promise
that in case of one crime of such or such
a description committed death shall be
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