Ibid., § xxviii

67. Voltaire a fait i'objectioD dans son Prix de la Justice et de l'Humanité, 1777. — Romilly (lettre à Hoget, 9 mai 1783) défend la peine de mort en se fondant sur le même raisonnement : « One reason ythy I cannot think that death ought so carefully to be avoided among human punishments is, that I do not think death tlie greatest of evils. Beccaria and his disciples eonfess that it is'not, and recommend other punishmcnts as being more severe and effectuai, forgetting, undoubtedly, that if human tribunais hâve a right to inflict a sèverer punishment than death, they must hâve a right to inflict death itsclf i>.