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end. The leading idea was to collect men, as
physical beings, but to exclude all moral commune
among them; the body was condemned to severe
labour, and the soul to a painful solitude, even
within the circle of its equals.
This system, which received the name of the
Auburn-system, because it was first applied at the
prison bearing that name, was greatly developed
under the direction of the superintendent M:r Elam
Lynds. In order to be able to apply it on a
greater scale, it was determined, in 1825, that a new
house of correction should be erected at Singsing.
M:r Elam Lynds, who received this commission,
chose a hundred prisoners, with whom he went
to the place appointed on the banks of the Hudson.
He there succeeded, through the confidence with
which he had inspired these criminals, and the power
which his firmness of will exerted over them, in
awakening their industry and developing their
powers of labour. They became, by degrees,
bricklayers, carpenters, smiths, and with one
reinforcement of workmen, all taken from the institutions
for correction, he built, in the course of a few
years, those extensive buildings which contain 1000
cells. This example shows, partly how great an
influence an energetic man can possess even over
corrupted minds, partly what results may be gained
by a wise employment of that human power, which
is generally idly thrown away in our prisons.
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