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Composition
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.
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jeremy bentham |
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c. hamilton |
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