The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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Page 94
... ment before all the facts are in ; and since all of us have to proceed to a great extent on judgments of that kind , the word should not be any more exciting than “ hypothesis . " But in its rhetorical applications “ prejudice ...
... ment before all the facts are in ; and since all of us have to proceed to a great extent on judgments of that kind , the word should not be any more exciting than “ hypothesis . " But in its rhetorical applications “ prejudice ...
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... ment of the unusual . A writer on Death and the Supreme Court is at pains to point out that when that tribunal reviews a capital case , the judges are particularly anxious and careful . What a left - handed compli- ment to the highest ...
... ment of the unusual . A writer on Death and the Supreme Court is at pains to point out that when that tribunal reviews a capital case , the judges are particularly anxious and careful . What a left - handed compli- ment to the highest ...
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... ment would then be replaced by hard labor - for life in the case of criminals considered irremediable and for a fixed period in the case of the others . To any who feel that such a penalty is harsher than capital pun- ishment we can ...
... ment would then be replaced by hard labor - for life in the case of criminals considered irremediable and for a fixed period in the case of the others . To any who feel that such a penalty is harsher than capital pun- ishment we can ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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