As well say, that, because a constable or policeman may keep order in a city, therefore he may inflict the penalty of death,--or, because a father may impose proper restraint upon a child, therefore he may sell him into slavery.
He uses analogies to illustrate the absurdity of extending minor powers to justify extreme actions.
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