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" I found the Island a turbulent, brutal hell; I left it a peaceful, well-ordered community. The most complete security alike of person and property prevailed. Officers, women and children traversed the Island everywhere without fear; and huts, gardens,... "
Report on the Prisons and Reformatories of the United States and Canada ... - Page 134
by Enoch Cobb Wines - 1867 - 547 pages
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Our Convicts, Volume 1

Mary Carpenter - Crime - 1864 - 336 pages
...everywhere to prevail, and the demeanour of tho prisoners to bo respectful and quiet.' Besides this, the most complete security, alike of person and property,...and children traversed the Island everywhere without fear;—and huts, gardens, stock-yards, and growing crops—many of them, as of fruit, most tempting—were...
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Our Convicts, Volume 1

Mary Carpenter - Criminals - 1864 - 328 pages
...everywhere to prevail, and the demeanour of the prisoners to bo respectful and quiet.' Besides this, the most complete security, alike of person and property,...and children traversed the Island everywhere without fear;—and huts, gardens, stock-yards, and growing crops—many of them, as of fruit, most tempting—were...
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The North American Review, Volume 102

North American review - 1866 - 672 pages
...everywhere to prevail, and the demeanor of the prisoners to be respectful and quiet.' Besides this, the most complete security, alike of person and property,...and huts, gardens, stock-yards, and growing crops — many of them, as of fruit, most tempting — were scattered in every corner without molestation....
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The North American Review, Volume 102

North American review - 1866 - 670 pages
...everywhere to prevail, and the demeanor of the prisoners to be respectful and quiet.' Besides this, the most complete security, alike of person and property,...and huts, gardens, stock-yards, and growing crops — many of them, as of fruit, most tempting — were scattered in every corner without molestation....
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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 20; Volume 28; Volume 50

Methodist Church - 1868 - 662 pages
...mind could beforehand have ventured even to hope." He says himself, with very natural enthusiasm, " I found the island a turbulent, brutal hell ; I left...and huts, gardens, stock-yards, and growing crops, many of them—as of fruit—most tempting, were scattered in every corner without molestation. But...
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Prohibition a Failure: Or, The True Solution of the Temperance Question

Dio Lewis - Prohibition - 1875 - 292 pages
...following: — " I found the island a brutal hell, and I left it a peaceful, well-ordered community. Officers, women and children, traversed the island...and huts, gardens, stock-yards, and growing crops were scattered in every corner, without molestation." How great this work was, perhaps could only be...
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Dio Lewis's Monthly, Volume 1

Health - 1883 - 620 pages
...brutal hell, and leave it a peaceful, well-ordered community. Officers, women and children traverse the Island everywhere without fear; and huts, gardens, stock-yards and growing crops are scattered in every corner without molestation." As an illustration of Capt. Maconochie's management,...
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The North American Review, Volume 102

North American review - 1866 - 662 pages
...everywhere to prevail, and the demeanor of the prisoners to be respectful and quiet* Besides this, the most complete security, alike of person and property,...and huts, gardens, stock-yards, and growing crops — many of them, as of fruit, most tempting — were scattered in every corner without molestation....
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