| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri: them; but with good judges it matters little if the codes or
statutes are imperfect.
In criminal law the application of the statute to the particular
case is not, or should not be, a mere question of legal and
abstract logic, as it is in civil law. It involves the adaptation
of an abstract rule, in a psychological sense, to a living and
breathing man; for the criminal judge cannot separate himself from
the environment and social life, so as to become a more or less
mechanical _lex loquens_. The living and human tests of every
criminal sentence reside in the conditions of the act, the
author, and reacting society, far more than in the written law.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The United States Constitution: and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging
to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so
construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States,
or of any particular State.
Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union
a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against
Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive
(when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
ARTICLE FIVE
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary,
shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 61: 6 (61:7) Mayest Thou add days unto the king's days! May his years be as many generations!
Psalms 61: 7 (61:8) May he be enthroned before God for ever! Appoint mercy and truth, that they may preserve him.
Psalms 61: 8 (61:9) So will I sing praise unto Thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
Psalms 62: 1 (62:1) For the Leader; for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. (62:2) Only for God doth my soul wait in stillness; from Him cometh my salvation.
Psalms 62: 2 (62:3) He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower, I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalms 62: 3 (62:4) How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may slay him, all of you, as a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
Psalms 62: 4 (62:5) They only devise to thrust him down from his height, delighting in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah
Psalms 62: 5 (62:6) Only for God wait thou in stillness, my soul; for from Him cometh my hope.
Psalms 62: 6 (62:7) He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower, I shall not be moved.
Psalms 62: 7 (62:8) Upon God resteth my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalms 62: 8 (62:9) Trust in Him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
The Tanach |
