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2dly alarm alteration amongst antipathy appears arson bankers benefit of clergy Bishop Taylor blood Cain capital punishment Christianity committee compassion consequences conviction crimes of cruelty diminished disapprobation efficacy England error evidence evil excited execution fear feeling fellow-creatures felony forged notes forgery guilty hardened obduracy Henry Fauntleroy horror House of Lords human impunity increased inflicted injury instance intelligent Isaac Lyon Goldsmid judges juries justice legal sanction legislator less Lord Bacon Lord Tenterden magistrate magnitude ment mercy mind mitigate Montagu moral and religious munity murder nature never observed opinion passion pathy persons petitioners philosophy poising the sanctions prevent prisoner progress of knowledge prosecute for forgery prosecutors public sentiment punishment of death question of blood reason religion religious sanctions reluctance sanctions unite says severity shillings Sir Samuel Romilly society stealing sympathy thou tion truth unto violence whole community wickedness and live witchcraft