Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.

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At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life;...

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life;...

Art, that great undogmatized church.

Art, that great undogmatized church.

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the...

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the...

Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it...

Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and...

The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and...

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts...

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts...

Mercifully, he hit him with the soft end of the pistol.

Mercifully, he hit him with the soft end of the pistol.

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not...

I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not...

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...