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CRIME.
The object of mental culture is the
fullest development and highest activity
of the faculties of the mind.
Crime is caused by the lack of ability
to control 'action under abnormal in
fluence.
Punishment is that which awakens
normal conditions and leads to regular
conduct. It tones up the mind to resist
the tendency toward abnormal im
pulses.
In one sense , all men are criminal : in
another sense , there are no criminals.
We are all creatures of inheritance and
- environment : A pious gentleman ,
walking along an unfrequented path ,
came upon a plowman who was trying
to stir the soil of a newly cleared piece
of ground. As the handles of the plow
kicked and bruised the young man , the
fresh-coined oaths and maledictions
rolled from his tongue like doubloons
from a mint run by electricity.The pious
gentleman immediately remonstrated.
At the suggestion of the plowman , he
took the plow for a single round. At
each jerk and bruise he exclaimed , "I
never did see the like ! " As the bruises
became more severe , the exclamations
became more emphatic. The question
to be decided is , which one violated the
moral r laWi the man who ejaculated
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oaths , or the one who so emphatically
and repeatedly uttered falsehoods ?
Cause of Crime.
The general tendency is not toward
criminal action. The first symptom is
a lack of self-control. This is a weak
ness. Some one , who is not honest , by
some trick , deprives the weakling of
something that rightly belongs to him.
He appeals to the court for redress. The
court makes a wrong decision. Or , if
it make a correct decision , it has caused
such enormous expense to the plaintiff
that he is worse off than if he had let
the rogue escape with his ill-gotten
gain. The mind of the weakling has
been sharpened andstrergthened.He has
learned that justice is not dispensed by
the court , or if dispensed at all , at a
loss to the victim. The redress of the
court amounts to robbery.
Temptation.
If the victim have self-control , he
will remain honest and be more careful ;
otherwise , he will attempt to win back
what is lost , and if possible , keep out of
the courts. Here secrotiveuess is
brought to bear in a wrong way. The
weakling , the dullard , has become
strong and sharp. The innocent has
become criminal , not of choice , but
through force of circumstances. After
the first step , the progress from mild
form to stalwart crime is easy , and se
vere punishment only tends to make
him an enemy of mankind. The sprout
ing of crime is never found among those
implicated in its consummation.
Punishment.
All punishment should lead , or tend
toward retribution. After this end is
attained , all further proceeding should
be formal and nominal. Any measure
extending beyond genuine repentance
and reparation , as far as is possible , is
crime in itself. Instead of lessening
the tendency to wrong in others , it
blunts the tender sensibilities in all
within reach of its influence. This
hardihood is the basic principle of the
worst forms of human depravity.
Prevention.
Patience under mistreatment is first
to be made part of an upright character.
"All things come to him who waits. "
Pity the person who wrongs the one
who never did him harm. Next is firm
ness in the right. It should be kept
constantly in mind that right never
fails of its reward.
Temperance.
No one can be successful in any un
dertaking without temperance in all
things. The indulgence in any practice ,
to excess , destroys the power to act de
liberately. , Without. deliberate action
