Mr. 1'ur/ier on Crimes and Punijhments. 309 



which has been long perfed, beyond any memo- 

 rials of our fpecies in heathen writers, and is 

 coasval with man, according to the teftimony of 

 fcripture : is there any reafon, I fay, to fuppofe, 

 that even language itjelf is the efFe^ft of human 

 ingenuity and experience? 



An Essay on Crimes and Punishments. By the 

 Rev. William Turner. Read March 24, 

 1784. 



FROM the original imperfeftion of Human 

 Nature in general, and the different oppor- 

 tunities and talents of individual men, imperfect 

 and different judgments will neceffarily arife, 

 fome of which, at leaff, muff confequently be 

 errors. Thefe will lead to the formation of dif- 

 ferent difpofitions and habits i of which, thofe 

 founded on right reafon, and a proper judgment 

 of things, muff be good, while thofe founded 

 on error, and a perverted judgment of things, 

 muff, in that proportion, be depraved. Thcfe 

 different difpofitions will lead to correfpondent 

 aflions, which will be good or bad likewife; and, 

 as far as they are the one or the other, will be 

 proportionably ufeful or detrimental, to the 



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