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 conſent to his deſtruction, the injuſtice of the deed was clearly acknowledged; nay, it was even neceſſary that he ſhould offer himſelf as it were a voluntary victim, that he ſhould advance without reluctance to the altar, that he ſhould ſubmit his throat to the knife, and expire without a ſtruggle (23).

Even long after habitual cruelty had almoſt eraſed from the mind of man every mark of affection for the inferior ranks of his Rh