The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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Page 119
... the death penalty is not only inhuman but also unscientific , for rapists and murderers are really sick people who should be cured , not killed . I am invited to Jacques Barzun In Favor of Capital Punishment.
... the death penalty is not only inhuman but also unscientific , for rapists and murderers are really sick people who should be cured , not killed . I am invited to Jacques Barzun In Favor of Capital Punishment.
Page 137
... capital punishment as if they were whispering . In our well - policed society we recognize that an illness is serious from the fact that we don't dare speak of it directly . For a long time , in middle - class families people said no ...
... capital punishment as if they were whispering . In our well - policed society we recognize that an illness is serious from the fact that we don't dare speak of it directly . For a long time , in middle - class families people said no ...
Page 146
... capital punishment is for the believer a temporary penalty that leaves the final sentence in sus- pense , an arrangement necessary only for terrestrial order , an adminis- trative measure which , far from signifying the end for the ...
... capital punishment is for the believer a temporary penalty that leaves the final sentence in sus- pense , an arrangement necessary only for terrestrial order , an adminis- trative measure which , far from signifying the end for the ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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