The North American Review, Volume 66Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1848 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 148
... Philadelphia prison is better than that at Auburn , or that in Charlestown , - whether the total silence of the prisoners is a necessary feature of the Auburn plan , — whether the lash ought ever to be used , - whether the course ...
... Philadelphia prison is better than that at Auburn , or that in Charlestown , - whether the total silence of the prisoners is a necessary feature of the Auburn plan , — whether the lash ought ever to be used , - whether the course ...
Page 153
... Philadelphia and the one in Charlestown , Massachu- setts , this selection being made for the following reasons : - " 1. Because they may be regarded as the model prisons here of their respective systems , or certainly inferior to none ...
... Philadelphia and the one in Charlestown , Massachu- setts , this selection being made for the following reasons : - " 1. Because they may be regarded as the model prisons here of their respective systems , or certainly inferior to none ...
Page 154
... Philadelphia prison , though not in that at Charlestown , as the records of the latter prison do not furnish the means for making this distinction . The accuracy of these tables is beyond question ; we cannot copy them at length , but ...
... Philadelphia prison , though not in that at Charlestown , as the records of the latter prison do not furnish the means for making this distinction . The accuracy of these tables is beyond question ; we cannot copy them at length , but ...
Page 155
... Philadelphia . The difference is apparent at a glance . In the former it is 1.19 per cent . , in the latter 2.18 per cent . Or , to make it more intelligible to readers in general , who do not readily comprehend these per centages and ...
... Philadelphia . The difference is apparent at a glance . In the former it is 1.19 per cent . , in the latter 2.18 per cent . Or , to make it more intelligible to readers in general , who do not readily comprehend these per centages and ...
Page 156
... Philadelphia with the min- gled population of whites and blacks at Charlestown . In all his statements of facts , indeed , he has scrupulously elimi- nated the effects of those causes alleged to be peculiar to the Philadelphia prison ...
... Philadelphia with the min- gled population of whites and blacks at Charlestown . In all his statements of facts , indeed , he has scrupulously elimi- nated the effects of those causes alleged to be peculiar to the Philadelphia prison ...
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