Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Ed.; Including a Copius Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed., of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Lea & Blanchard, 1844 |
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Page 499
... Auburn system ) ought to be preferred . " We believe that the Penn- sylvania system affords many advantages which can be but partially attained by the Auburn system , or not at all ; and that it is the best suited , of all the prison ...
... Auburn system ) ought to be preferred . " We believe that the Penn- sylvania system affords many advantages which can be but partially attained by the Auburn system , or not at all ; and that it is the best suited , of all the prison ...
Page 500
... Auburn system , by a variety of objects during the day , they cannot feel the same inducement to reflection as under the pressure of constant solitude . It is diffi- cult , even for a man accustomed from his youth to reflection , and to ...
... Auburn system , by a variety of objects during the day , they cannot feel the same inducement to reflection as under the pressure of constant solitude . It is diffi- cult , even for a man accustomed from his youth to reflection , and to ...
Page 501
... Auburn system ? Perfect soli- tude , alleviated only by the permission to work , and to read the Bible , may be a hard situation ; but is it more so than be- ing placed in the company of many fellow - prisoners , with whom all inter ...
... Auburn system ? Perfect soli- tude , alleviated only by the permission to work , and to read the Bible , may be a hard situation ; but is it more so than be- ing placed in the company of many fellow - prisoners , with whom all inter ...
Page 502
... system upon the health , we re- fer the reader to doctor Franklin Bache's letter to Mr. Vaux , contained in No. 8 of ... Auburn system , find it extremely difficult , after their release , to disentangle themselves from the net of vice ...
... system upon the health , we re- fer the reader to doctor Franklin Bache's letter to Mr. Vaux , contained in No. 8 of ... Auburn system , find it extremely difficult , after their release , to disentangle themselves from the net of vice ...
Page 513
... Auburn , and that a monument should be erected over it at the public expense ... System ( 1810 ) , and continued to lecture and labor together till 1813 ... System . In 1817 , he returned to Paris , where he gave lectures on the anatomy ...
... Auburn , and that a monument should be erected over it at the public expense ... System ( 1810 ) , and continued to lecture and labor together till 1813 ... System . In 1817 , he returned to Paris , where he gave lectures on the anatomy ...
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