"I THINK PERHAPS THE HEBRAIC LAWS AGAINST MASTURBATION AND HOMOSEXUALITY WAS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PERMIT THE EXTENSION OF THE RACE (AS THE POLYGAMY, FOR INSTANCE..); BUT THEY DON'T TAKE PLACE IN OUR MODERN SOCIETY. I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, IN OUR TOO PEOPLED WORLD, SEXUALITY DON'T MEAN REPRODUCTION, AND THE HOMOSEXUAL PRACTICES ARE A NATURAL MEANS OF BIRTH-CONTROL.

"A TOTAL SEXUAL LIBERTY IS AN ESSENTIAL AND INDISPENSABLE PART OF THE PRACTICAL AND UNIVERSAL ETHIC WHICH WOULD BE THE ONE OF OUR MODERN SOCIETY."

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P.L., PARIS, FRANCE

"IN THE JULY ISSUE OF THE LADDER, THERE WAS A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR, SAYING FEWER AND FEWER LETTERS FROM READERS ARE RECEIVED.

"AS FOR MYSELF, I READ MY LADDER AS SOON AS I RECEIVE IT.

"❘ MAKE COMMENTS TO MYSELF ABOUT THE STORIES AND ARTICLES, AND PRAISE THEM. THEN I SAY I WILL WRITE, BUT NEVER SEEM TO GET AROUND TO DOING IT.

"SO, THAT IS THE REASON I HAVE NOT WRITTEN. JUST SHEER LAZINESS.

"I DO BELIEVE THE JULY ISSUE WAS JUST ABOUT THE BEST I HAVE READ.

"THE COVER WAS VERY GOOD. EACH ARTICLE AND STORY | ENJOYED VERY MUCH.

"THE THREE LINES ON THE BACK WERE SO VERY BEAUTIFUL AND THEY TOUCHED ME VERY DEEPLY.

"I DO HOPE OTHERS WHO READ THE LADDER WILL DO AS I DID AND JUST DROP EVERYTHING AND WRITE A FEW LINES TO YOU.

"I THINK THE DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS IS THE GREATEST THING FOR WE GIRLS, WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DIFFERENT."

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M.G., NEW JERSEY