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13. Page 55. "Connected with this scheme of punishment
"and reformation , is another object , which , though of inferior importance
"in a moral view , is yet deserving of attention . This is , indemnity to
"the community for the expence of the conviction and maintenance
"of the offender . It is highly probably , that , with due management
"and economy , the profit of the labour of the convicts may be rendered
equal to their support . Such a result , however, has not
"been anticipated by the zealous friends of reform in penal law in
"Europe . They have regarded it as the indispensable duty of legislators , to meliorate the laws, and correct the abuses of prisons,
"without counting the cost of their justice or humanity . In Pensylvania , we are assured , that the experiment has been attended
"with success; — and when the improved system of the penitentiary
"house of this State has had time to operate fully , there can be
"no doubt of a result equally favourable . — It ought to have fair
"scope, and not be
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