"The object of punishment is to... lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition."
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People from OhioMembers of the United States House of RepresentativesRepublican Party (United States) politiciansJudgesPioneers from the United States
Original Language: English
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Letter to U.S. Attorney General Augustus Hill Garland (May 27, 1885).
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