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• Position: 1910 - Leo Tolstoy - Brief article

The present effective war against capital punishment does not need forcing; there is no need for an expression of indignation against its immorality, cruelty, and absurdity--every sincere thinking person, everybody knowing from youth the Sixth Commandment, needs no explanation of its absurdity and immorality; there is no need for descriptions of the horrors of executions as they only affect hangmen...