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... recognised , and especially A Comparative Survey of Laws in Force for the Prohibition , Regula- tion , and Licensing of Vice in England and Other Countries . London , by the broad - minded physicians themselves , that the 1877 .
... recognised , and especially A Comparative Survey of Laws in Force for the Prohibition , Regula- tion , and Licensing of Vice in England and Other Countries . London , by the broad - minded physicians themselves , that the 1877 .
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... tion of European morals . On the other hand , the spread of Christianity , the Reformation , and the rise of chivalry , it is generally admitted , brought about a decided improvement in the moral tone of Europe . Social and economic ...
... tion of European morals . On the other hand , the spread of Christianity , the Reformation , and the rise of chivalry , it is generally admitted , brought about a decided improvement in the moral tone of Europe . Social and economic ...
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... tion of this evil . The Thirty Years ' War and the French Revolution are notorious in this respect . Even minor phenomena , such as commercial dis- turbances , are not without a demonstrable effect upon the volume of vice . That vice is ...
... tion of this evil . The Thirty Years ' War and the French Revolution are notorious in this respect . Even minor phenomena , such as commercial dis- turbances , are not without a demonstrable effect upon the volume of vice . That vice is ...
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... tion " is used generally to denote sanitary regula- tion alone . One end that modern regulation has in commor . with medieval regulation is the dissociation of vice from crime . In the Middle Ages , this end was partially attained by ...
... tion " is used generally to denote sanitary regula- tion alone . One end that modern regulation has in commor . with medieval regulation is the dissociation of vice from crime . In the Middle Ages , this end was partially attained by ...
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... tion , however low he may be morally , has never- theless a property stake that will keep him within the bounds of the law . Prostitutes who were living in isolated quarters were ordered to betake themselves directly to the houses of ...
... tion , however low he may be morally , has never- theless a property stake that will keep him within the bounds of the law . Prostitutes who were living in isolated quarters were ordered to betake themselves directly to the houses of ...
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