Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an insta…

Richard Whately
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Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter. ✨ Richard Whately (1856). Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley, p.243
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Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter. ✨ Richard Whately (1856). Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley, p.243

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