The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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Page 140
... condemned to death . Torture through hope alter- nates with the pangs of animal despair . The lawyer and chaplain , out of mere humanity , and the jailers , so that the condemned man will keep quiet , are unanimous in assuring him that ...
... condemned to death . Torture through hope alter- nates with the pangs of animal despair . The lawyer and chaplain , out of mere humanity , and the jailers , so that the condemned man will keep quiet , are unanimous in assuring him that ...
Page 141
... condemned to death . Of course , but how else can they have contact with freedom and the dignity of the will that man cannot do without ? Touchy or not , the moment the sentence has been pronounced the condemned man enters an ...
... condemned to death . Of course , but how else can they have contact with freedom and the dignity of the will that man cannot do without ? Touchy or not , the moment the sentence has been pronounced the condemned man enters an ...
Page 142
... condemned man , bound and up against the public coalition that demands his death , is in itself an unimaginable punishment . From this point of view , too , it would be better for the execution to be public . The actor in every man ...
... condemned man , bound and up against the public coalition that demands his death , is in itself an unimaginable punishment . From this point of view , too , it would be better for the execution to be public . The actor in every man ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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