[COMPLETE] Thoughts on the Death Penalty by Burleigh - tg

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Thoughts on the Death Penalty by Charles C. Burleigh (1810 - 1878).

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This 1845 publication, written by a prominent reformer of the day, argues against capital punishment from several perspectives, including historical, philosophical and biblical arguments. It is broken into 3 chapters: Expediency, Justice, and Sacred Scriptures (although it has Scripture references peppered throughout).

"If it shall thus be the means of helping on in a humble way the progress of that humane reform whose principles it advocates; and of hastening, however little, the coming of that time, when the penal statutes of a "christian" and "civilized people," shall have ceased to be written in blood, I shall be richly repaid for the time and labor spent upon this task." ( TriciaG and the Author)
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Ready for claims! Moved to Readers Wanted...
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Post by silverquill »

Still no takers?
Well, let me start with the Preface and section 1 -- about 3,000 words it looks like. It'll be a few weeks before I can get to them both, but I'll get the preface in which is short.
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Post by TriciaG »

Thanks, Larry!
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Post by MaryinArkansas »

I would like to record Section 2.
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Post by TriciaG »

Thanks, Mary. It's yours!
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Post by MaryinArkansas »

I'm a little confused by the after recording instructions:

Do we show only the section number and not the chapter number, or both? If I just show 02 for a section number, won't that cause confusion with other section numbers 02 in other chapters?

AFTER recording
Save files as
128 kbps MP3
deathpenalty_##_burleigh_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case){/b] where ## is the section number (e.g. deathpenalty_01_burleigh_128kb.mp3)


Also, are we supposed to put our initials somewhere in the files that we save?

Many Thanks!
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The section number - the first column of the magic window. For example, "Ch 3: Sacred Scriptures, Part 3" is the one and only section 16. This is standard for LV projects. :)

No, no initials. Those only go in projects like weekly poetry, to differentiate the files that would otherwise have the same file name, or sometimes collections (short story, nonfiction, etc.) - although it doesn't make sense to put them in there, IMHO. ;)
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Post by MaryinArkansas »

OK. Thank you. Makes sense about Sections. I knew I used initials before, but couldn't remember the why or wherefore.
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Post by djcrazyjimmy »

I'll take section 3
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Post by TriciaG »

Welcome! I'll pencil you in. How would you like to be credited in the catalog?

From your background, I assume you'll get the tech specs right and not submit a file with the wrong sample rate or a horrible buzzing or background noise. :lol: But if you're uncertain of anything, I suggest completing the 1-minute test before embarking on the section, to iron out any wrinkles.
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Post by djcrazyjimmy »

I can get around to uploading an test audio., i would hope to not have any problems with it however i had an issue trying to find the start of the text that i'll be reading.
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Post by KaToffee »

I'd like to volunteer for this project; I could do, for example, part 5 (p52-61) from 'American Experience' to 'Makes Penal Administration Capricious'.

It'll be my first LibriVox recording, but not my first voicing.

BTW, there are statistical records (as that on page 53). Should I read out those numbers, too?
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djcrazyjimmy wrote:I can get around to uploading an test audio., i would hope to not have any problems with it however i had an issue trying to find the start of the text that i'll be reading.
The page numbers in the magic window are for the PDF, and don't correspond with the text's page numbers. The page number scanned in the text itself is pg 22.

Let me know if you still have problems finding it. :)
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KaToffee wrote:I'd like to volunteer for this project; I could do, for example, part 5 (p52-61) from 'American Experience' to 'Makes Penal Administration Capricious'.

It'll be my first LibriVox recording, but not my first voicing.

BTW, there are statistical records (as that on page 53). Should I read out those numbers, too?
Hmm. It looks like I have to clarify page numbers in this project. The statistics on the book's page 53 are in section 6 (p61-68 from "Facts and Statistics from Official sources" to "will combine to bring about that result"), not in section 5.

I'll clarify page numbers in the Magic Window, and then you can let me know which section you want. :) If you do the one with the statistics, then yes, I'd like them recorded, as they're a part of the main text.
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