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... caused many individuals to be put to death , for no other reason than that their names began with these letters . Fortunately for us , however , we live in a different era ; and thanks in part to our age of pro- gress and civilization ...
... caused many individuals to be put to death , for no other reason than that their names began with these letters . Fortunately for us , however , we live in a different era ; and thanks in part to our age of pro- gress and civilization ...
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... causes of diseases , as also in their progress and decline , and in the application of remedies much of dubious ground . The mind thus habituated to the contemplation of subjects of such practical import , though specula- tive tendency ...
... causes of diseases , as also in their progress and decline , and in the application of remedies much of dubious ground . The mind thus habituated to the contemplation of subjects of such practical import , though specula- tive tendency ...
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... cause , the command over this power be lost or impaired , it is sufficient to ab- solve from the penalty which would otherwise attach to the transgressor . The following is the legal test , given explicitly by the whole of the judges in ...
... cause , the command over this power be lost or impaired , it is sufficient to ab- solve from the penalty which would otherwise attach to the transgressor . The following is the legal test , given explicitly by the whole of the judges in ...
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... cause , we wander at once from the path of philosophical inquiry , into conjectures which are as far out of the proper sphere , as they are beyond the reach of the human faculties . " Without , there- fore , attempting to enter upon the ...
... cause , we wander at once from the path of philosophical inquiry , into conjectures which are as far out of the proper sphere , as they are beyond the reach of the human faculties . " Without , there- fore , attempting to enter upon the ...
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... cause . This is , perhaps , trenching upon dangerous ground ; and I am therefore wishful to be under- stood that , in employing the term phrenological , it is not with reference to the so - called system of mapping out the surface of ...
... cause . This is , perhaps , trenching upon dangerous ground ; and I am therefore wishful to be under- stood that , in employing the term phrenological , it is not with reference to the so - called system of mapping out the surface of ...
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Unsoundness of Mind Considered in Relation to the Question of Responsibility ... Samuel Knaggs No preview available - 2009 |
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