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<p><add> The case is [[therefore]], that</add> Within the bounds<lb/> | <p><add> The case is [[therefore]], that</add> Within the bounds<lb/> | ||
marked out by <del><gap/></del> | marked out by <del><gap/></del> outlines <add>above mentioned</add> there is [[jeopardy]]<lb/> | ||
[[making]] neither as right nor as wrong in the<lb/> | [[making]] neither as right nor as wrong in the<lb/> | ||
case : One man's judgement is as good as another's :<lb/> | case : One man's judgement is as good as another's :<lb/> | ||
and the | and the legislation <add>can have</add> <del><gap/></del> [[no]] [[other]] <del><gap/></del> compass<lb/> | ||
<del><gap/></del> to steer by than the local<lb/> | <del><gap/></del> to steer by than the local<lb/> | ||
affections and prejudices of the people. Viewing<lb/> | affections and prejudices of the people. Viewing<lb/> | ||
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who would approve of all the punishments here<lb/> | who would approve of all the punishments here<lb/> | ||
proposed without exception. There is <del>perhaps</del><lb/> | proposed without exception. There is <del>perhaps</del><lb/> | ||
scarce <del>a reader</del> <add>any one perhaps</add> in whom <del><gap/></del> | scarce <del>a reader</del> <add>any one perhaps</add> in whom <del><gap/></del> some<lb/> | ||
[[while]] as others may not excite a <del>strong measure</del> <add>very intense degree</add> of<lb/></p> | [[while]] as others may not excite a <del>strong measure</del> <add>very intense degree</add> of<lb/></p> | ||
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C
Of Punishments
With regard to the particular mode of punishments which in the
course of this work I have found myself obliged
to propose, there is one thing I would wish the
reader all along to bear in mind; view that for most of
I have very little predilection. In this kind of
hierarchy the process authority of reason is extremely
limited. All I can do is to first principles
and draw outlines; the rest must be left
to the capricious and unsteady suffrages of excitement
and imagination.
In
So capricious and so unsteady
are these suffrages,
that the same
punishment which in a
given case or person
has not been able to bear
the mention of without
horror another person
will reprobate as
being too slight to be
of any service.
The case is therefore, that Within the bounds
marked out by outlines above mentioned there is jeopardy
making neither as right nor as wrong in the
case : One man's judgement is as good as another's :
and the legislation can have no other compass
to steer by than the local
affections and prejudices of the people. Viewing
the matter in the above light I have not
the faintest expectation that there would be written
the comforts of human nature or single reader
who would approve of all the punishments here
proposed without exception. There is perhaps
scarce a reader any one perhaps in whom some
while as others may not excite a strong measure very intense degree of
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