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... experience is exalted in proportion as the sense of the worth of their per- formance is developed in themselves . The author of this Essay wishes for no other merit than that of presenting a correct picture of a condition of things ...
... experience is exalted in proportion as the sense of the worth of their per- formance is developed in themselves . The author of this Essay wishes for no other merit than that of presenting a correct picture of a condition of things ...
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... experience of the ancients , that the equitable distribution of justice bears a close relationship to the durability of the institutions ; wanton injustice , or severity rarely failing to rectify itself , or revenge , as the tyranny ...
... experience of the ancients , that the equitable distribution of justice bears a close relationship to the durability of the institutions ; wanton injustice , or severity rarely failing to rectify itself , or revenge , as the tyranny ...
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... experience and knowledge can place at our dis- posal , entirely to do away with offences . But there are two distinct classes of criminals ; -1st , those who act under the influence of sound mind ; 2ndly , those who act under the ...
... experience and knowledge can place at our dis- posal , entirely to do away with offences . But there are two distinct classes of criminals ; -1st , those who act under the influence of sound mind ; 2ndly , those who act under the ...
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... evidence in favour of the sanity or insanity of the party . With such rules to decide the point , the juryman could arrive at as correct a conclusion , • as the most experienced and enlightened psycholo- gist ; but 64 UNSOUND MIND AS AN.
... evidence in favour of the sanity or insanity of the party . With such rules to decide the point , the juryman could arrive at as correct a conclusion , • as the most experienced and enlightened psycholo- gist ; but 64 UNSOUND MIND AS AN.
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Samuel Knaggs. as the most experienced and enlightened psycholo- gist ; but unfortunately we see the chain in every variety of shape and condition , here a link twisted and another lost , so that we find ourselves com- pelled to seek ...
Samuel Knaggs. as the most experienced and enlightened psycholo- gist ; but unfortunately we see the chain in every variety of shape and condition , here a link twisted and another lost , so that we find ourselves com- pelled to seek ...
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Page 93 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...