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<p>25.</p> | |||
<p>C<lb/> | |||
<head>Forfeiture of Reputation.</head></p> | |||
<p><add><del>on the part</del></add> of the Magistrate, that the delinquent be no longer considered<lb/> | |||
as possessing the rank in question<hi rend="superscript">+</hi> <note><hi rend="superscript">+</hi> with or without corporal ignominy.</note> Degradation, did<lb/> | |||
it answer precisely to the <del>account</del> <add>definition</add> given of it when it is<lb/> | |||
stiled forthat feiture of rank should take away, from a man<lb/> | |||
that precise quantity of reputation, and consequently of <lb/> | |||
good will, and consequently good offices and consequently <lb/> | |||
of happiness, for which he stands indebted to his<lb/> | |||
rank. But as these quantities are incapable of being<lb/> | |||
measured or even estimated with any tolerable degree <lb/> | |||
of exactness, the punishment of degradation can never<lb/> | |||
with any certainty be made to answer precisely to its <add>such</add><lb/> | |||
definition. It seems probable that a man who has once<lb/> | |||
been possessed of a certain rank can never be totally<lb/> | |||
deprived of all the reputation, respect and good offices<lb/> | |||
that are commonly rendered to that rank, the imaginations<lb/> | |||
of mankind are too stubborn to yield instant<lb/> | |||
and perfect obedience nod of power. It seems<lb/> | |||
probable notwithstanding that the condition of a man<lb/> | |||
<add>who</add></p> | |||
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25.
C
Forfeiture of Reputation.
on the part of the Magistrate, that the delinquent be no longer considered
as possessing the rank in question+ + with or without corporal ignominy. Degradation, did
it answer precisely to the account definition given of it when it is
stiled forthat feiture of rank should take away, from a man
that precise quantity of reputation, and consequently of
good will, and consequently good offices and consequently
of happiness, for which he stands indebted to his
rank. But as these quantities are incapable of being
measured or even estimated with any tolerable degree
of exactness, the punishment of degradation can never
with any certainty be made to answer precisely to its such
definition. It seems probable that a man who has once
been possessed of a certain rank can never be totally
deprived of all the reputation, respect and good offices
that are commonly rendered to that rank, the imaginations
of mankind are too stubborn to yield instant
and perfect obedience nod of power. It seems
probable notwithstanding that the condition of a man
who
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forfeiture of reputation |
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