Excerpt from The Analectic Magazine, Vol. 10: From July to December, 1817
There is one part of the English Constitution, indeed, which, at first sight, seems, in a measure, to disprove our conclusion. It is not to be denied, we confess, that, to one who looks only at the penal code of Great Britain, her laws would seem to hold the life of man in no very extravagant estimation. But the fact is by no means conclusive against our reasoning; and a slight historical review of the subject will abundantly show, we apprehend, that the.
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