It is possible to have any external object of my will as mine. Now, suppose there were things that by right should absolutely not be in our power, or, in other words, that it would be wrong or inconsistent with the freedom of all, according to universal law, to make use of them. We might here briefly look at one other example of a crime which is threatened with bondage, in order to further grasp the reasons for the severity of such punishment: adultery.