Description:Excerpt from Speech of His Excellency Levi Lincoln: Before the Two Branches of the Legislature in Convention, June 2, 1828The admonitions of the past, and with the arrange ments for the future, such disappointments as have been heretofore suffered, whether in the pecuniary results of the employment of the convicts, or in the moral effects of penitentiary discipline, will not re cur, to be the occasion of further distrust in the cor rective power of the Institution, or a tax upon the Treasury of the State. Yet the entire benefit of the change may not, at once, be realized. Until the completion of the new Prison, which under the strenuous exertions of the Warden, is rapidly car ried forward, the pernicious influences of a corrup ting intercourse are not to be prevented. The sol itary cell alone, can withdraw the depraved offender from a hardening correspondence with kindred vice, and by cutting off the sources of extraneous excite ment, leave his mind to the occupation of reflection, to the reprovings of an awakened conscience, and to the successful application of means for his refer mation and moral improvement.About the PublisherThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Speech of His Excellency Levi Lincoln: Before the Two Branches of the Legislature in Convention, June 2, 1828 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Speech of His Excellency Levi Lincoln: Before the Two Branches of the Legislature in Convention, June 2, 1828 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Speech of His Excellency Levi Lincoln: Before the Two Branches of the Legislature in Convention, June 2, 1828 (Classic Reprint)
Description: Excerpt from Speech of His Excellency Levi Lincoln: Before the Two Branches of the Legislature in Convention, June 2, 1828The admonitions of the past, and with the arrange ments for the future, such disappointments as have been heretofore suffered, whether in the pecuniary results of the employment of the convicts, or in the moral effects of penitentiary discipline, will not re cur, to be the occasion of further distrust in the cor rective power of the Institution, or a tax upon the Treasury of the State. Yet the entire benefit of the change may not, at once, be realized. Until the completion of the new Prison, which under the strenuous exertions of the Warden, is rapidly car ried forward, the pernicious influences of a corrup ting intercourse are not to be prevented. The sol itary cell alone, can withdraw the depraved offender from a hardening correspondence with kindred vice, and by cutting off the sources of extraneous excite ment, leave his mind to the occupation of reflection, to the reprovings of an awakened conscience, and to the successful application of means for his refer mation and moral improvement.About the PublisherThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Speech of His Excellency Levi Lincoln: Before the Two Branches of the Legislature in Convention, June 2, 1828 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Speech of His Excellency Levi Lincoln: Before the Two Branches of the Legislature in Convention, June 2, 1828 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.