The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
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Page 36
... society would be a watchman or a magistrate , to apprehend a destroyer of human life , and to bring him to punishment . 4. The punishment of murder by death , checks the opera- tions of universal justice , by preventing the punishment ...
... society would be a watchman or a magistrate , to apprehend a destroyer of human life , and to bring him to punishment . 4. The punishment of murder by death , checks the opera- tions of universal justice , by preventing the punishment ...
Page 49
... society , than a single murder , and there have been instances of murderers who have escaped or bribed the laws of their country , who have afterwards become peaceable , and useful members of society . Let it not be supposed that I wish ...
... society , than a single murder , and there have been instances of murderers who have escaped or bribed the laws of their country , who have afterwards become peaceable , and useful members of society . Let it not be supposed that I wish ...
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... Society , the American Philosophical Society , the Pierpont Morgan Library , the University of Pennsylvania , the Philadelphia College of Physicians , the Girard Estate , the New York Academy of Medicine , the New York Historical Society ...
... Society , the American Philosophical Society , the Pierpont Morgan Library , the University of Pennsylvania , the Philadelphia College of Physicians , the Girard Estate , the New York Academy of Medicine , the New York Historical Society ...
Contents
ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
A PLAN OF A PEACEOFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES | 19 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
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