. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. ecom-pense; or, if that should fail, bythe law of avengement. It is inthe nature of many crimes andmisdemeanors that they can notbe well requited in kind; but ifthe requital in kind were pos-sible, then that, and not someother punishment, was the thingdema
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. ecom-pense; or, if that should fail, bythe law of avengement. It is inthe nature of many crimes andmisdemeanors that they can notbe well requited in kind; but ifthe requital in kind were pos-sible, then that, and not someother punishment, was the thingdemanded of the statute of Israel. In this respect Semitic law was thesame in spirit, and virtually the same inletter, as that of other primitive and half-Universaiity of barbarous peoples. ThereblXTouTpTo! is a deep:seated instinct inP^®s- mankind in favor of the law and principle of requital. The firstimpulse of the uninstructed, unenlight-ened man is to rectify offenses by return- ing to the offender a measure of conductlike his (nvn. If he violates the law ofproperty, he shall restore and be fined inkind. If he does an act of violence againstthe person or life of his fellowman, thatdeed shall be recjuited with another likeitself. The principle broadly appearedin the Israelitish statutes under suchphrases as a life for a life, an eye. GIRL WITH WINNOWING by Paul Hardy, from a photograph. for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, andso on through the whole catalogue ofcrimes and misdemeanors. The Hebrew statute went on to pro-vide the measure and degree of thisretaliatory punishment for Lex taiionis de-crime. Generallv the lex ^^-^^ds an over- plus of repay- talioiiis required an excess punishment over and above the meas-ure of the wronof- Theft must be made 302 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. good by a restorati(^n fourfold. In capi- jtal crime the punishment must ceasewith the destruction of the criminalslife—that iii the nature of things. Butif the crime involved some of
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