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Page 58
... and children , and suddenly break up the foundations of long established society by enforcing the original law of marriage . And for the same rea- son he allowed of divorce for other causes than con- 58 LEGISLATIVE SCIENCE .
... and children , and suddenly break up the foundations of long established society by enforcing the original law of marriage . And for the same rea- son he allowed of divorce for other causes than con- 58 LEGISLATIVE SCIENCE .
Page 59
... causes than con- jugal infidelity , and also because in a state of society where polygamy is allowed , one of the means of gra- dually preventing polygamy was not to render divorces too difficult . It is essential to a moral law , as we ...
... causes than con- jugal infidelity , and also because in a state of society where polygamy is allowed , one of the means of gra- dually preventing polygamy was not to render divorces too difficult . It is essential to a moral law , as we ...
Page 68
... caused death , are to be offered to God . " But the English law was even more exten- sive than this . If a man were ... cause of man's death by falling upon him , was exterminated , or cast out of the dominions of the republic . " seems ...
... caused death , are to be offered to God . " But the English law was even more exten- sive than this . If a man were ... cause of man's death by falling upon him , was exterminated , or cast out of the dominions of the republic . " seems ...
Page 74
... causes of impurity , and that the laws of Athens admitted no man to the priesthood who had any blemish upon his person , unless from the institu- tions of Moses ? And has not the agrarian law of Lycurgus its prototype , though none of ...
... causes of impurity , and that the laws of Athens admitted no man to the priesthood who had any blemish upon his person , unless from the institu- tions of Moses ? And has not the agrarian law of Lycurgus its prototype , though none of ...
Page 76
... caused a republication of the Saxon laws , he inserted several laws taken from the Judaical ritual into his statutes , as if to give new strength and cogency to the principles of morality . " And hence it is no uncommon thing in the ...
... caused a republication of the Saxon laws , he inserted several laws taken from the Judaical ritual into his statutes , as if to give new strength and cogency to the principles of morality . " And hence it is no uncommon thing in the ...
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