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this species of punishment; which may overthrow
the powers of the mind, and produce incurable
melancholy. – The first impressions will however
always be beneficial.

If at such a time a minister of
Religion qualified to avail himself of these pa
impressions, is introduced to the offender thus humiliated
and cast down the success of his endeavours
will be much more almost certain because in this state
of abandonment he will appear as the friend of
the unfortunate, and as his peculiar benefactor.

This course of punishment thus consisting
of solitude, darkness and hard diet, is as has
been observed when embodied a sort of discipline
too violent to be employed except for short periods;
if greatly prolonged it would scarcely fail of
producing madness, despair, or more commonly a
stupid apathy. T his is not however the place for
fixing the duration of the punishment proper for
each species of offence: it ought to vary according to
the nature of the offence, the degree of obstinacy evinced
by the offender, and the symptoms of repentance which
he exhibits. What has been already said is
sufficient to shew that the mass of punishments
in question may be employed with the greatest
advantage simultaneously – they mutually
aid each other. In order to produce the desired
effect most speedily even the sort of food allowed
may be rendered unpalatable as well as scanty; otherwise
there would be danger lest to a young and robust
person the constantly recurring gratification afforded
to the palate might render him insensible to the loss
of all other pleasures.

Identifier: | JB/141/068/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 141.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	141	Main Headings	rationale of punishment
Folio number	068	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f11 / f4 / f12 / f3
Penner	richard smith	Watermarks	dusautoy & rump 1809
Marginals		Paper Producer	edward collins
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	48285
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