ABSTRACT
Are not the ties of natural affection, which bind men to their families and which keep ever green in their memories the mountains and rivers of their native land, qualities which enhance and adorn human nature? It is not that our families are so great or our native landscapes so beautiful. It is our regard for them that is of value. This quality of human nature is well reflected in the ancient saying, "One's home is one's palace". While life lasts men can never forget their families nor the landscape of their childhood. In ancient times punishment for crime was inflicted not only upon a man but upon his father, his wife,
and his children, or he was separated from them and banished to some distant island. Such punishments display a deep acquaintance with the intricacies of the human heart.
