Letters On the Philosophy of the Human Mind ; First Series
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It is proved on his trial that he was the ofispring of depraved parents, that from childhood he was trained in the art of stealing, that he had not been taught any other mode of getting a livelihood, and that he and his companions had been habituated to pride themselves on their skill Digitized by Google CAUSATION OF VOLUNTARY ACTIONS. 181 and felicitate each other on their success in ab- stracting the property of others. Here there is an accumulation of circumstances operating with such manife...st force to determine the career of the culprit, that no one who was acquainted with them could anticipate a different result ; yet he is condemned and punished, not only without violence to the moral feelings of the community, but even with the sanction of those feelings, although to thoughtful and sensitive minds there is doubtless much in the case to excite reflec- tion, regret, commiseration, and reluctance. Punish- ment is felt by them to be in such circumstances a stem and repulsive necessity, but a just necessity notwithstanding.
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