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<p>offence but against the offender. Permanent considerations <lb/>give way to temporary; general to <lb/>individual.: the law is an act of resentment <lb/>not of policy: of proscription not of justice.</p> | <p>offence but against the offender. Permanent considerations <lb/>give way to temporary; general to <lb/>individual.: the law is an act of resentment <lb/>not of policy: of proscription not of justice.</p> | ||
<p>The misfortune is that among the <gap/> <lb/>of legislators the <del><gap/> of mischievousness</del> mischievousness<lb/> of crimes <del>would either</del> not be seen or not<lb/> attended to <del><gap/></del> but at the moment when it is<lb/> severely felt, would not be provided against <lb/>at all, if not provided against at that time: <lb/>they would remain blind and motionless did<lb/> not <add>the force of sudden</add> temporary terrors and resentments come now<lb/> and then upon the stage, to sharpen their sight, <lb/>and quicken their activity. | <p>The misfortune is that among the <gap/> <lb/>of legislators the <del><gap/> of mischievousness</del> mischievousness<lb/> of crimes <del>would either</del> not be seen or not<lb/> attended to <del><gap/></del> but at the moment when it is<lb/> severely felt, would not be provided against <lb/>at all, if not provided against at that time: <lb/>they would remain blind and motionless did<lb/> not <add>the force of sudden</add> temporary terrors and resentments come now<lb/> and then upon the stage, to sharpen their sight, <lb/>and quicken their activity. [It requires the <del>rigour<lb/> and discernment</del> <add>resolution</add> <lb/>of a Catherine or a <lb/>Frederic to set down <gap/> to the great <lb/>work of legislation <hi rend='superscript'>[+]</hi>, <note><hi rend='superscript'>[+]</hi> to circumscribe as it were with a compass the circle of human actions</note> and <add>to</add> make the chain of causes | ||
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offence but against the offender. Permanent considerations
give way to temporary; general to
individual.: the law is an act of resentment
not of policy: of proscription not of justice.
The misfortune is that among the
of legislators the of mischievousness mischievousness
of crimes would either not be seen or not
attended to but at the moment when it is
severely felt, would not be provided against
at all, if not provided against at that time:
they would remain blind and motionless did
not the force of sudden temporary terrors and resentments come now
and then upon the stage, to sharpen their sight,
and quicken their activity. [It requires the rigour
and discernment resolution
of a Catherine or a
Frederic to set down to the great
work of legislation [+], [+] to circumscribe as it were with a compass the circle of human actions and to make the chain of causes
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