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[To] conspire in such an act [as euthanasia] is a terrible burden, however desperate the pleas; as A Matter of Time by Jessamyn West makes clear…. Jessamyn West's writing has a dignity, and its quiet lucidity helps rather than inhibits the expression of its deep emotions. It avoids generalisations and describes one particular death, which is maybe the only way to consider such matters. (pp. 556-57)

Desmond Mac Namara, "Penitential," in New Statesman © 1967 The Statesman & Nation Publishing Co. Ltd.), Vol. 74, No. 1911, October 27, 1967, pp. 556-57.∗

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