Author: Samuel Parr

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-17

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 9781333638344

Excerpt from Characters of the Late Charles James Fox With exceptions, many, I confess, and serious, to the criminal Code of this country, both in its provisions, and even its administration, I should generally adopt the lan guage of Dr. Johnson, that laws, enacted for the pro tection of property and the last result of human wisdom, 'founded upon human experience for the benefit of mankind. While they are unrepealed by the autho rity of the state, a good man will inculcate obedience to them, not only for wrath, but for conscience'sake, and bal lancing general against particular convenience, he will carry his own personal submission nearly to the extent for which Socrates pleads 'with the most'impressive eloquence in the well-known dialogue with Crito. Whatsoever disproportion he may see between crimes and punishments, and whatsoever measures he 'may employ to lessen that disproportion by the force of argument, he will yet remember that jurispru (lence is seldom at direct and unqualified variance With mo rality, that every crime forbidden produces some mischief to society, and that every punishment in icted confers some security. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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."