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SIR,—A line from Lucretius (99-55 a.c.)—De Rerum Natura, III, 867—

is:—Scire licet nobis nihil esse in morte timendum. It is granted to us to know that in death there is nothing to be feared.—Yours faithfully, W. L. WOOD.

White House, Chandlers Cross, Rickmansworth, Herts.