Report of the Prison Association of New York, Vydání 26

Přední strana obálky
26th, 1870, appendix: Transactions of the National Congress on Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline [Cincinnati, 1870] Includes "Catalogue of works on criminal law, penology and prison discipline" (p. 588-622)
 

Další vydání - Zobrazit všechny

Běžně se vyskytující výrazy a sousloví

Oblíbené pasáže

Strana 20 - And well may the children weep before you ! They are weary ere they run ; They have never seen the sunshine, nor the glory Which is brighter than the sun. They know the grief of man, without...
Strana 35 - Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Strana 432 - Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of the least of these My - brethren, ye did it not unto Me.
Strana 44 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Strana 21 - how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world on a child's heart, — Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upward, O goldheaper, And your purple shows your path ! But the child's sob in the silence curses deeper Than the strong man in his wrath.
Strana 525 - MASON, in conclusion, moved that the article be amended by striking out all after the word " resolved" and inserting the following : " Since personal liberty is the rightful inheritance of ever/ human being, it is the sentiment of this congress that the state which has deprived an innocent citizen of this right, and subjected him to penal restraint, should, on unquestionable proof of its mistake, make reasonable indemnification for such wrongful imprisonment.
Strana 153 - The Board of Directors shall have the charge and superintendence of the State Prisons, and shall possess such powers, and perform such duties, in respect to other penal and reformatory institutions of the State, as the Legislature may prescribe.
Strana 21 - They look up with their pale and sunken faces, And their look is dread to see, For they mind you of their angels in high places, With eyes turned on Deity ! " How long," they say, "how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart? Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation. And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ! Our blood splashes upward, O...
Strana xii - ... duty to visit, inspect, and examine, all the prisons in the State, and annually report to the Legislature their state and condition, and all such other things in regard to them as may enable the Legislature to perfect their government and discipline.
Strana 543 - Since hope is a more potent agent than fear, it should be made an ever-present force in the minds of prisoners, by a welldevised and skilfully applied system of rewards for good conduct, industry and attention to learning.

Bibliografické údaje