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" I believe it has always been so — if the decencies of controversy are observed, even the fundamentals of religion may be attacked without a person being guilty of blasphemous libel. "
Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science - Page 134
by National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1884
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 343

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1952 - 1030 pages
...of the English common-law crime of blasphemy has been considerably limited by the declaration that "if the decencies of controversy are observed, even the fundamentals of religion may be attacked," M a limitation which the New York court has not put upon the Board of Regents' power to declare a motion...
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The Modern Review, Volume 4

1883 - 884 pages
...be of incalculable assistance to the cause of free religious discussion : — If the law, as I h ave laid it down to you, is correct — and I believe...even the fundamentals of religion may be attacked witho ut a person being guilty of blasphemous libel. There are many great and grave -writers who have...
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The Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 27

1883 - 684 pages
...Christianity, provided that he does so decently and respectfully. He says, " But upon the other point, if the law as I have laid it down to you is correct,...without a person being guilty of blasphemous libel." We are not prepared to express any opinion as to the proposition that this has always been so. It would...
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The Modern Review, Volume 4

1883 - 872 pages
...in heterodox hands, so long as they do not degenerate into profane scoffing or irreverent levity. " If the decencies of controversy are observed, even...without a person being guilty of blasphemous libel." But it will be said, by thus punishing the manner and not the matter of a publication, you convert...
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The Modern Review, Volume 4

1883 - 896 pages
...decencies of controversy are ob served, even the fundamentals of religion may be attacked witho ut a person being guilty of blasphemous libel. There...some great •writers now alive, have done so too ; bufr no one can read their writings without seeing a difference between them and the incriminated...
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The Fortnightly Review, Volume 41

1884 - 852 pages
...Folkard's Starlit, 595-6. foundation of the judgment in R. r. Woolston, and the proposition that " If the decencies of controversy are observed, even...without a person being guilty of blasphemous libel," which is the direction of Lord Coleridge in R. r. Foote, appear to me to be contradictory. It is to...
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The Manitoba Law Journal, Volume 1

1884 - 214 pages
...broad boundary between right and wrong." In the same strain the Chief Justice told the jury that : " If the decencies of controversy are observed, even...religion may be attacked without a person being guilty of a blasphemous libel." In another place he said : " It is no longer true in the sense in which it was...
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The Manitoba Law Journal, Volume 1

1884 - 206 pages
...broad boundary between right and wrong." In the same strain the Chief Justice told the jury that: " If the decencies of controversy are observed, even...religion may be attacked without a person being guilty of a blasphemous libel." In another place he said: " It is no longer true in the sense in which it was...
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Reports of Actions Tried in the Queen's Bench Division of the High ..., Volume 1

Great Britain. High Court of Justice. King's Bench Division, Michael Cababé, Charles Gregson Ellis - 1885 - 646 pages
...is right. It is a thing in his favour, and he is entitled to have it said. But upon the other point, if the law as I have laid it down to you is correct...undoubtedly did so ; some great writers now alive Lave done so too ; but no one can read their writings without seeing a difference between them and...
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Report of Council for the Year Ending August 31st, 1883: Presented at the ...

Guild of S. Matthew (London, England) - 1886 - 224 pages
...law," and in my opinion he lets humanity get the better of his legal judgment. He lays it down that " if the decencies of controversy are observed, even...without a person being guilty of blasphemous libel." Now such a decision can only be a stepping-stone to the abolition of the law. Who can define " the...
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