Book of mutilation, like slitting the nose, tongue or Business eyelids⇓⇓ All these forms of punishment and mutilation failed to decrease the number of criminals. New York State, where capital punishment is in vogue, has just as many murderers per capita as Michigan, a State that has done away with capital punishment The will wisely to decide, and the strength to act, are not acquired behind iron bars. The fear of punishment does not deter; prisons never reform; and penitentiaries do not make men penitent. The men who come out of prison as a rule are more incompetent than when they went in The parole system has found favor wherever it has been tried. In future, parole will take the place of punishment, and the insane-asylum will take the place of the prison. The test will be: Is this man useful or useless? Does his liberty add to the health, happiness and well-being of the community, or is he a menace, a danger, and one unfit for freedom? Neither science nor experience has shown us the line of cleavage between the mental defective and the criminal. The insane man does the wrong thing, and so does the Book of criminal, and both suffer. Commonsense reveals to us that health, happiness and prosperity lie in useful work. Success lies in human service. To cause unhappiness for another is to summon misery for yourself We believe now in Nemesis, who slumbers We are punished by our sins, not for them. not to punish. The test of sanity is the ability to co-operate with others in useful effort. Any man who can not do teamwork is insane. The sign of insanity is the continued disregard of the rights of others. Repeated acts of injury to others will constitute proof of incompetence. The criminal is an insane man, and as such should have our pity and our protection. For the first offenses the man will be paroled; also for the second and the third. But he who by repeated misdeeds forfeits his right to liberty will be sent to the hospital for the insane V The prison, the penitentiary, the gallows, the electric chair, will all have to go, this for the benefit and advantage of mankind, Business Book of socially, morally, and economically Business Prisons form a terrific tax on the State, and the appointing of certain men to punish or kill other men has no place in modern Monism Nature in her wise provision has decreed that all punishment shall be automatic.. The germ of punishment lies in the deed. We will teach, not punish; educate, not destroy. Love and labor will reform the world-but neither can do it alone |