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B.1. Ch.7
Note continued

Every thing ought also to be avoided
which has an appearance of great
study and research refinement. Punishment ought
only to be inflicted on necessity and with
feelings of regret and repugnance. The
multitude of Instruments possessed by a
Surgeon may be contemplated with satisfaction
as intended to promote the care and bear
the weight of our suffering. The same satisfaction
will not however be felt in contemplating a
a variety of punishments and they will be
more likely be considered as degrading to the
character of the legislator.

With these precautions, analogy
is calculated to produce only good effects.
It puts us in the track of discovering the
most economical & efficacious punishments – I cannot resist
the pleasure of citing an example recently
furnished me by a Captain in the English Navy – he had
not studied the principles of Mr Bentham, but
he knew how to read the human heart. –

The leave of absence generally
granted to Sailors is was for twenty four hours, if
they exceeded this time the ordinary punishment
is the Cat o' nine tails. – The dread of this
punishment is was a frequent cause of desertions.
Many Many Captains in order to pr vent both these
offences refused all leave of absence to their
Sailors so that they are were kept on shipboard for

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	141	Main Headings	rationale of punishment
Folio number	039	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles	note continued
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f9
Penner	richard smith	Watermarks	dusautoy & rump 1809
Marginals		Paper Producer	edward collins
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	48256
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