A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.

I must be cruel only to be kind

I t was determined those burns were caused and were inappropriate in nature , and were caused for discipline .

I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild