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I. CHAPTER.
ON PUNISHMENTS.
The legislation of a country may reasonably be
considered, as a sure standard of the degree of
intelligence and morality, at which that country has
arrived. This is particularly the case with regard
to the penal-laws, which may more easily be
accommodated to the increasing demands of humanity
and justice, than the civil-law; the latter being in
some respects, more dependent on peculiar national
customs and views, and often on local circumstances.
It must not, however, be overlooked, that a
civil-legislation, raised upon reasonable and natural
foundations, is one of the most efficacious means of
eradicating old abuses and rooted prejudices; it also
forms an important condition, for the development
of an enlightened national-spirit, and a truly
patriotic disposition.
In order to proceed uninterruptedly towards
its great object, moral and intellectual
improvement, and general happiness, the state must be
founded on a rational basis; and be so arranged,
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