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cannot sufficiently express my admira- tion for the leader in

the current issue of your Journal on the execution of Ruth Ellis.

Ruth Ellis was unknown to me; I did not admire what I heard about her (save that 1 cuUld not but admire her courage in her excoriating ordeal); I only feel that capital ntmishment—especially as it is practised in England and on women—is a thing beyond daring if we are not to be disgraced before the dogs.—Yours faithfully.

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RALPH LAWRENCE