for although he who inflicts the punishment may at the same time have the benevolent purpose of directing this punishment to this end, yet it must first be justified in itself as punishment, i.e., as mere harm, so that if it stopped there, and the person punished could get no glimpse of kindness hidden behind this harshness, he must yet admit that justice was done him, and that his reward was perfectly suitable to his conduct.
Izan ere, zigortzen duenak aldi berean zigorra xede horretara zuzentzeko asmo ona izan badezake ere, aurretik zigorra zigor gisa bere kabuz legeztatu behar da, hau da, kalte soil gisa, halako moldez non zigortuak, horretan irauten badu eta gogortasun horren atzean ezkutatuta dagoen mesedea ikusteko gai ez bada, aitortu behar baitu zuzenki gertatu zaiola hori eta bere patua bere jokaerari egokitu zaiola erabat.