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strokes of the keeper’s whip, if he break the
silence enjoined.
The penitentiary system ought, consequently,
to be considered, principally, as a punishment by
loss of liberty.
In the Auburn system, where the prisoners
are together the whole day in this work-shops or
refectories, the loss of liberty will of course be
much less felt. The criminal finds the same vicious
company, as in his free state, and his humiliating
situation will be much less depressing, when he
sees it shared by so many. Separation from
relations and friends is certainly painful; but this
feeling is often so deadened in him, that it can
scarcely be taken into consideration. We must not
forget the experience gained at Geneva in this
respect.
According to the Philadelphian system, on the
contrary, the puhishment is of a deeper nature.
During the dismal, uniform and slowly creeping
hours of solitary imprisonment, the offender is left
to the avenging voice of conscience. There are
no exterior enticing objects around him, which can
divert self-examinations, or dissipate his depressed
mind. Sorrowful remembrances and disappointed
hopes, make up the picture of his past life, and
show him the evil he has committed, and the good
be has neglected. The greater the offence, the
more sanguinary the crime has been, so much the
more painful is, also, this terrible solitude, from
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