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Page 44
Benjamin Franklin. smugglers are a kind of thieves , both equally deserve the punishments of thievery . In this view of ... punishment of injury . Humanizing by de- grees , it admitted slavery instead of death : a 44 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND ...
Benjamin Franklin. smugglers are a kind of thieves , both equally deserve the punishments of thievery . In this view of ... punishment of injury . Humanizing by de- grees , it admitted slavery instead of death : a 44 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND ...
Page 47
... punishment for their having wantonly and unfeelingly ruined many ho- nest , innocent traders and their families , whose sub- stance was employed in serving the common interest of mankind . ON THE IMPRESS OF SEAMEN . Notes copied from Dr ...
... punishment for their having wantonly and unfeelingly ruined many ho- nest , innocent traders and their families , whose sub- stance was employed in serving the common interest of mankind . ON THE IMPRESS OF SEAMEN . Notes copied from Dr ...
Page 49
... and their properties , for such wages as they think fit to allow , and punish them if they refuse ? Our author tells us that it is " legal . " I VOL . II . E have not law enough to dispute his authorities , but COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL .
... and their properties , for such wages as they think fit to allow , and punish them if they refuse ? Our author tells us that it is " legal . " I VOL . II . E have not law enough to dispute his authorities , but COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL .
Page 52
... punish- ment of an offence , which , according to that law , was only to be punished by a restitution of fourfold ? To put a man to death for an offence which does not deserve death , is it not a murder ? And , as the French writer says ...
... punish- ment of an offence , which , according to that law , was only to be punished by a restitution of fourfold ? To put a man to death for an offence which does not deserve death , is it not a murder ? And , as the French writer says ...
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... punishment of a human creature , by death , on a gibbet ? Might not that woman , by her labour , have made the reparation ordained by God , in paying fourfold ? Is not all punishment , inflicted .beyond the merit of the offence , so ...
... punishment of a human creature , by death , on a gibbet ? Might not that woman , by her labour , have made the reparation ordained by God , in paying fourfold ? Is not all punishment , inflicted .beyond the merit of the offence , so ...
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