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real value of every foundation, as well within the
jurisdiction of thought as of matter, depends on
the building that can be raised upon it; for
evident as it is, that the latter cannot support itself
without the aid of the former, it is equally
incontestable, that the foundation, of itself, does not form
any thing whole and complete.
Heathenism had its views of right, which were
obliged to give way before the doctrines of
Christianity, breathing heavenly love and justice.
Ignorance and darkness long concealed its eternal
all-enlivening light; but its mild spirit conquered
exterior hindrances and worldly resistance, and taught
man, even in punishing his fallen brother, to
endeavour to fulfil the demands of Christian love.
To apply these sentiments, as well to the
penal-laws as to prisons, forms a subject of competition,
worthy the most enlightened nations of Europe and
the New World.
Among the numerous and important subjects
which belong to the criminal-legislature, the
nature of the punishments themselves is, without doubt,
one which demands the strictest attention. From
the kind of punishments employed by the law, we
may form our judgment, as to the degree of respect
entertained by the legislator, for the value of man.
Punishments may be divided into two great
heads, viz:
a) Those which, in the first place, consider the
afflicting and martyring of the outer senses;
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