Stray Leaves from a Convict ShipDaniel Ritchie |
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... on the experience derived from observation of the character and conduct of the prisoners in the " Pestonjee Bomanjee . " The impression of a person unacquainted with the facts is , that a body of men composed of criminals 4 INTRODUCTION .
... on the experience derived from observation of the character and conduct of the prisoners in the " Pestonjee Bomanjee . " The impression of a person unacquainted with the facts is , that a body of men composed of criminals 4 INTRODUCTION .
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Daniel Ritchie. is , that a body of men composed of criminals of the worst kind will continually display , in the irregularity of their behaviour , the same dispositions which previously con- ducted to crime . No belief can , however ...
Daniel Ritchie. is , that a body of men composed of criminals of the worst kind will continually display , in the irregularity of their behaviour , the same dispositions which previously con- ducted to crime . No belief can , however ...
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... criminal no longer regards his punishment as legal vengeance , but as the natural result of crime . Being thus taught to understand that his sufferings are not caused by the cruelty of his fellow - men , there is no danger of excit- ing ...
... criminal no longer regards his punishment as legal vengeance , but as the natural result of crime . Being thus taught to understand that his sufferings are not caused by the cruelty of his fellow - men , there is no danger of excit- ing ...
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... criminal action . By far the largest proportion , however , had first acquired habits of intemperance , which , unsettling the reason in a similar degree to the physical structure , left no sound protecting power . If we add to the ...
... criminal action . By far the largest proportion , however , had first acquired habits of intemperance , which , unsettling the reason in a similar degree to the physical structure , left no sound protecting power . If we add to the ...
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... criminal incapable of improvement , except those who would be in their proper place in a lunatic asylum , rather than in a prison . This view of our criminal population shows the extent to which society is respon- sible . If the present ...
... criminal incapable of improvement , except those who would be in their proper place in a lunatic asylum , rather than in a prison . This view of our criminal population shows the extent to which society is respon- sible . If the present ...
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Page 244 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Page 111 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, — act in the living present! Heart within, and GOD o'erhead!
Page 247 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 155 - Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait.
Page 43 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 236 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Page 249 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing...
Page 100 - As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but that the wicked turn from his way and live.
Page 158 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Page 125 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.