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The law denounces its penalties against stealing, in order to repress the excesses of this propensity, and to confine it to honest acquisitions.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “The law denounces its penalties against stealing, in order to repress the excesses of this propensity, and to confine it…”
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Mann explains the legal framework surrounding theft, focusing on the need to regulate human impulses.
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