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<del>prevent the</del> <add> | <add>lay</add> <del>prevent the</del> <add>under</add> restraint the circulating of poisons from hand<lb/>to hand: in the second <add><del><gap/><del></add> place to <del>tr</del> throw light upon<lb/>the fact of their having been made use of, and to<lb/>promote the discovery of the proper remedies. The first<lb/>head of expedients has been touched upon under<lb/>the article of <hi rend="underline">power</hi>: the other has already been<lb/>reserved for a section which is to come.<lb/>The <del>case</del> art of procuring abortion stands<lb/>indeed upon peculiar ground. If the means of practising<lb/>that <add>fatal</add> art were generally known, at the<lb/>same time that <del>am</del> in the number of those<lb/>means were some <del>of</del> which it was <add>is</add> in the power of<lb/>any one to procure, the prevention of this mischief<lb/>would be altogether out of the reach of government.<lb/>But at present these means are not <del>generally</del> known,<lb/><add>to the generality of the people </add> even in the civilized nations of Europe. To <del>forbid</del><lb/>prohibit those who may be possesed of this knowledge<lb/>from communicating it, <add>and that under a heavy penalty</add> would therefore afford<lb/>some chance at least of keeping the mischief<lb/>within bounds. And <del>it would a</del> upon the<lb/>supposition that these means are in the power <add>within the reach</add> of<lb/>every one it is the only chance. Improving the<lb/>art of detecting the fact, and the art of applying<lb/>remedies is here of no avail. In the case of poisoning<lb/>[supposing it not to be a case of suicide] <del>the</del> it<lb/> <note>is</note><pb/> | ||
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lay prevent the under restraint the circulating of poisons from hand
to hand: in the second
the fact of their having been made use of, and to
promote the discovery of the proper remedies. The first
head of expedients has been touched upon under
the article of power: the other has already been
reserved for a section which is to come.
The case art of procuring abortion stands
indeed upon peculiar ground. If the means of practising
that fatal art were generally known, at the
same time that am in the number of those
means were some of which it was is in the power of
any one to procure, the prevention of this mischief
would be altogether out of the reach of government.
But at present these means are not generally known,
to the generality of the people even in the civilized nations of Europe. To forbid
prohibit those who may be possesed of this knowledge
from communicating it, and that under a heavy penalty would therefore afford
some chance at least of keeping the mischief
within bounds. And it would a upon the
supposition that these means are in the power within the reach of
every one it is the only chance. Improving the
art of detecting the fact, and the art of applying
remedies is here of no avail. In the case of poisoning
[supposing it not to be a case of suicide] the it
is
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