Excerpt from An Enquiry How Far the Punishment of Death Is Necessary in Pennsylvania: With Notes and Illustrations But 1t is pleafing to perceive that of late this ln dolence has not been able to refill the energies of truth. The voice of Reafon and Humanity has not been railed in vain. It has already forced its way to the thrones of Princes, and the im pre ion it has made on the governments of Europe is vifible in the progre ive amelioration of their criminal codes. A fpirit of reform has gone forth - the empire of ...
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Excerpt from An Enquiry How Far the Punishment of Death Is Necessary in Pennsylvania: With Notes and Illustrations But 1t is pleafing to perceive that of late this ln dolence has not been able to refill the energies of truth. The voice of Reafon and Humanity has not been railed in vain. It has already forced its way to the thrones of Princes, and the im pre ion it has made on the governments of Europe is vifible in the progre ive amelioration of their criminal codes. A fpirit of reform has gone forth - the empire of prejudice and inhumanity IS fi lently crumbling to pieces - and the progrefs of li betty, by unfettering the human mind, Vtill haften its deflruftion. (a) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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