Capital Punishment: Is it Defensible? |
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... especially by the dread publicity of the scaffold , is very extensively and tenaciously held to be outrageously repugnant to the merciful genius of the religion of Jesus , insulting to the dignity of a rational creature , and degrading ...
... especially by the dread publicity of the scaffold , is very extensively and tenaciously held to be outrageously repugnant to the merciful genius of the religion of Jesus , insulting to the dignity of a rational creature , and degrading ...
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... especially in this manifestation of itself , is another and instructive instance of those periodical extremes to which popular feeling or frenzy is proverbi- ally subject . Almost from time immemorial , down till about the year 1810 ...
... especially in this manifestation of itself , is another and instructive instance of those periodical extremes to which popular feeling or frenzy is proverbi- ally subject . Almost from time immemorial , down till about the year 1810 ...
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... especially the aversion of juries to bring in a verdict of guilty , and almost invariably accompanying such a verdict with pressing recommendations of mercy to the crown , the question of capital punishment is acquiring a rare interest ...
... especially the aversion of juries to bring in a verdict of guilty , and almost invariably accompanying such a verdict with pressing recommendations of mercy to the crown , the question of capital punishment is acquiring a rare interest ...
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... especially at this stage , subjecting the plea to formal examination , it may serve the purpose of preliminary remark to put the question , Which of the precepts of the moral law is pro- perly typical , and has been repealed by the ...
... especially at this stage , subjecting the plea to formal examination , it may serve the purpose of preliminary remark to put the question , Which of the precepts of the moral law is pro- perly typical , and has been repealed by the ...
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... especially when the conflict is for the standard of morals ? When the abolitionist shall have succeeded in discovering any intimation of a change of any kind in regard to the underlying , cardinal , and permeating principle of the sixth ...
... especially when the conflict is for the standard of morals ? When the abolitionist shall have succeeded in discovering any intimation of a change of any kind in regard to the underlying , cardinal , and permeating principle of the sixth ...
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Page 178 - And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies : and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
Page 79 - And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
Page 52 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 162 - And I heard the Angel of the waters say, " Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink ; for they are worthy.
Page 45 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel, thy brother ? And he said, I know not : am I my brother's keeper ? And he said, What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Page 152 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 53 - And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months : and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Page 49 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Page 82 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Page 167 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Sebafor thee.