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the strictness of his keepers, to impart his thoughts
to his fellow prisoners by whispers or by signs,
and when he succeeds, his cunning insolence is
encouraged by their approving glance. The
Philadelphian on the other hand, removes from the
prisoner all dissipation, all support from injurious
example, and leaves him helpless to his inward
consciousness.
Both the systems endeavour to accustom the
prisoner to work and industry. But in the Auburn,
labour presents itself in a repulsive form, as a
punishment, an unavoidable constraint; in the
solitary cell, on the contrary, it forms the unhappy
being’s consolation and only diversion. A natural
consequence of this will be, that it is embraced
by the prisoner willingly and with interest.
From this comparison it seems, that the
following conclusions may be drawn, viz:
That the Auburn system certainly accustoms
the criminal to an instantaneous obedience, a
punctual performance of the work appointed, and to
the observance of the prescribed discipline; but
that his seeming improvement rests only on the
fear of punishment, wherefore there is a danger
of his relapsing into his former guilty way of life,
so soon as he feels himself free from thn keeper’s lash.
That the Philadelphian solitude acts more
immediately on the mind, or on the origin itself of
good or evil, and that the liberated prisoner takes
with him the fruit, of a useful self-examination and
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