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thods of inflicting the pains above mentioned, or unjust legal 

 incapacities. 



120. Shame is a painful emotion, arising from a conscious- 

 ness or even a suspicion of liaving incurred, or fear of incur- 

 ring tlie disapprobation, contcnijit, or exciting disgust in 

 others, particularly those we esteem. 



121. It seems also to have been originally impressed as a 

 restraint on any apparent indecency. 



122. Modesty, that is, diffidence in one's own abilities to 

 please or succeed in any undertaking, produces an uneasy 

 emotion analagous to shame, when urged to any exertion. 



123. Fear is a painful emotion, arising from the idea of 

 some impending evil, expected with more or less probability 

 or even suspected. | 



124. It is susceptible of various degrees, according to the 

 constitution or sex of the person that feels it, the magnitude 

 of the evil apprehended, its probability and proximity or dis- 

 tance, whether of time or space. 



125. Its lower degrees suggest caution or auxietij. Its 

 higher degrees, namely, dread or terror, especially if accom- 

 panied with surprize, produce consternation or stupefaction, 

 that is, a suspension of all mental powers, and sometimes in- 

 sanity' and suicide. Its higher degrees are manifested on the 

 countenance, and strangely affect and enfeeble the whole 

 frame. 



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