Essays on the Punishment of DeathThe author, 1844 - 237 sidor |
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... criminal will be looked on with pity as a man and a brother . It has been said , that society is a compact , and that each individual must give up some portion of his • rights to the government under which he lives . Suicide-Expediency,
... criminal will be looked on with pity as a man and a brother . It has been said , that society is a compact , and that each individual must give up some portion of his • rights to the government under which he lives . Suicide-Expediency,
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... give to society a right which was never conferred on him by his Creator ? Has any one a right to take his own life ? ' Every Christian , ' says Mr. Rantoul , ' must answer , no . A man holds his life as a tenant at will , —not indeed of ...
... give to society a right which was never conferred on him by his Creator ? Has any one a right to take his own life ? ' Every Christian , ' says Mr. Rantoul , ' must answer , no . A man holds his life as a tenant at will , —not indeed of ...
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... parle du sauvage , qui souvent meurt de faim , de froid , et ne se tue point lui meme . ' La chose est possible ; mais on oublie que ce même sauvage donne , to take his own life , could not give it SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE . 19.
... parle du sauvage , qui souvent meurt de faim , de froid , et ne se tue point lui meme . ' La chose est possible ; mais on oublie que ce même sauvage donne , to take his own life , could not give it SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE . 19.
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Charles Spear. to take his own life , could not give it to another ; and to meet it , adopts this strange view . He even goes farther , and endeavors to show that not only suicide is justifiable , but that all religious ideas must be ...
Charles Spear. to take his own life , could not give it to another ; and to meet it , adopts this strange view . He even goes farther , and endeavors to show that not only suicide is justifiable , but that all religious ideas must be ...
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... give up a portion of our rights . When we surrendered to society the smallest possible portion of our liberty , to enable us the better to retain the aggregate of rights which we did not sur- render , did we concede our title to that ...
... give up a portion of our rights . When we surrendered to society the smallest possible portion of our liberty , to enable us the better to retain the aggregate of rights which we did not sur- render , did we concede our title to that ...
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Sida 177 - And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Sida 176 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Sida 139 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Sida 131 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Sida 167 - The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...
Sida 217 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Sida 129 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Sida 126 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Sida 179 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Sida 127 - And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.