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Page 50
... hand , literature has nothing to lose , but much to gain from the Bible , the Bible has much to gain , and nothing to lose from a solid literature . " A little learning , " says Lord Bacon , " tendeth to atheism ; but more bringeth us ...
... hand , literature has nothing to lose , but much to gain from the Bible , the Bible has much to gain , and nothing to lose from a solid literature . " A little learning , " says Lord Bacon , " tendeth to atheism ; but more bringeth us ...
Page 54
... hand of time has been passing over the mighty fabric of human laws for four thousand years ; " and yet little has been added to the stock of legal science , and little change has been made in the most improved principles of human ...
... hand of time has been passing over the mighty fabric of human laws for four thousand years ; " and yet little has been added to the stock of legal science , and little change has been made in the most improved principles of human ...
Page 62
... hand , was most just and most politic . As the article could be restored , there was no fear of the thief's gaining by a difference of value between the sold or killed ox , and those to be restored . Exod . xxii . 1-4 . The law of ...
... hand , was most just and most politic . As the article could be restored , there was no fear of the thief's gaining by a difference of value between the sold or killed ox , and those to be restored . Exod . xxii . 1-4 . The law of ...
Page 65
... hands or feet in burning oil ; or float , when fettered , in the horse - pond ? The poor Jewess had an ordeal which could not hurt the innocent ; while the middle ages had ordeals which left the innocent no chance of escape . So ...
... hands or feet in burning oil ; or float , when fettered , in the horse - pond ? The poor Jewess had an ordeal which could not hurt the innocent ; while the middle ages had ordeals which left the innocent no chance of escape . So ...
Page 71
... hands , and become at plea- sure the avenger of his own wrongs . But where is its severity , or inequitableness , as the adjudicated decision of a legal tribunal ? The lex talionis in rela- tion to deliberate and premeditated crimes is ...
... hands , and become at plea- sure the avenger of his own wrongs . But where is its severity , or inequitableness , as the adjudicated decision of a legal tribunal ? The lex talionis in rela- tion to deliberate and premeditated crimes is ...
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