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... improved my opportunities . I do not think that there is a single statement in the volume that is not susceptible of direct proof ; nor is there a single conclusion in it that does not appear , to myself at least , to flow necessarily ...
... improved my opportunities . I do not think that there is a single statement in the volume that is not susceptible of direct proof ; nor is there a single conclusion in it that does not appear , to myself at least , to flow necessarily ...
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... improved ; while the less bad , up even to the very good ( of whom there are some ) , are punished with extreme severity , and almost universally degraded and demoralized . Every feeling of self respect is speedily lost amidst the ...
... improved ; while the less bad , up even to the very good ( of whom there are some ) , are punished with extreme severity , and almost universally degraded and demoralized . Every feeling of self respect is speedily lost amidst the ...
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... improved for the future by the treatment which they thus receive . They are first made slaves to their of pardon , which from the very nature of its machinery must be admi- nistered as nearly capriciously and accidentally as is ...
... improved for the future by the treatment which they thus receive . They are first made slaves to their of pardon , which from the very nature of its machinery must be admi- nistered as nearly capriciously and accidentally as is ...
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... ( It is shewn by the official . reports , transmitted with my papers , that scarcely any are reformed ; and human nature does not stand still , * See Note ( A ) at the end of the Chapter . 1 if not improved , it gets worse . ) The 11.
... ( It is shewn by the official . reports , transmitted with my papers , that scarcely any are reformed ; and human nature does not stand still , * See Note ( A ) at the end of the Chapter . 1 if not improved , it gets worse . ) The 11.
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... improved , it gets worse . ) The masters are made headstrong , overbearing , and dissatisfied , if not other- wise bad , subjects . The punishment inflicted is un- certain , unequal , oppressive chiefly to the best men - but in almost ...
... improved , it gets worse . ) The masters are made headstrong , overbearing , and dissatisfied , if not other- wise bad , subjects . The punishment inflicted is un- certain , unequal , oppressive chiefly to the best men - but in almost ...
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