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praiseworthy perseverance, which has not allowed itself
to be cast down either by difficulties or sacrifices,
laid the surest foundation hitherto known, on which
the correction system may reach its grand object.
Of 27 among the greater prisons in North
America 17 are (according to D:r Julius, whose
profound work is as honourable to the author, as
it is instructive to the reader) arranged on the
Auburn, and 9 on the Philadelphian system. Only
one has remained on the old principles, that,
namely, at Richmond in Virginia. But it is very
remarkable, that the Philadelphian principle has
been both admired and applied in all new prisons
established since 1834, not less than five in
number, of which one is in the State of New York,
the place where the Auburn discipline was first
thought of.
During the last few years, several prisons
have been erected in Europe, according to the new
principles; among which may be mentioned those
of Aberdeen, Paisley, Ayr, Dundee, Montrose and
Lewick in Scotland; those of Ghent and Luttich
in Belgium; and Warsaw in Poland, according to
the Philadelphian system; that at Millbank near
London, approaching the last mentioned system;
and that of Coldbathfields in London, with some
few French and Swiss, according to the Auburn
plan. The Prussian government, which, with its
enlightened care, embraces every thing that can
promote the National prosperity, has also extended
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