Where torture has been long applied we find that it is developed to grades of incredible horror.

William Graham Sumner

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Topic

Torture

Author

William Graham Sumner

Source

Folkways

Genre

Sociology Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Academic Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Sumner, William Graham. Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals. Ginn & Company, 1906, ch. 5.

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Language
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Time
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Citation

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