Ibid.j § XXVIII

67. Voltaire a fait Tobjeclion dans son Prix de la Justice et de VUumanitè, 1777. — Romilly (lettre à Roget, 9 mai 1783) défend la peine de mort en se fondant sur le môme raisonnement : « One reason why I cannot think that death onght so carefully to bc avoided among human puntshments is, that I do not think death the greatest of eyils. Beccaria and his disciples confess that it is not, and recommend other punishmcnts as being more severe and effectuai, forgctting, undoubtedly, that if human tribunais bave a right to inflict a severer punishment than death, they must hâve a right to inflict death itself ».