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39 Some committed their crimes deliberately to promote their own personal
happiness , or material advancement . ... who had served in New South Wales ,
and then transferred to Madras , had committed the crime of coining in that latter
place ...
39 Some committed their crimes deliberately to promote their own personal
happiness , or material advancement . ... who had served in New South Wales ,
and then transferred to Madras , had committed the crime of coining in that latter
place ...
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The grand cause of all this profligacy and crime was an overwhelming defect of
religious principle , the polar star to guide a man in all his conduct . So
lamentable a circumstance must seriously retard the establishing , in the colony ,
of those ...
The grand cause of all this profligacy and crime was an overwhelming defect of
religious principle , the polar star to guide a man in all his conduct . So
lamentable a circumstance must seriously retard the establishing , in the colony ,
of those ...
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When they calmly looked at the vast amount of crime amongst them , Burton had
said , could they feel otherwise than ... tried to describe the condition of the
colony as to crimes must not leave out of view the peculiar character of its
population .
When they calmly looked at the vast amount of crime amongst them , Burton had
said , could they feel otherwise than ... tried to describe the condition of the
colony as to crimes must not leave out of view the peculiar character of its
population .
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Contents
THE SETTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES | 21 |
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE | 57 |
THE NATIVE SON OFFENDS GROSSLY | 67 |
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