TOLSTOY'S LAST ARTICLE
AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Press Association— By Telegraph—Copyright. ST. PETERSBURG. November 27. (Received November 28, at 8.50 a.m.) Count Tolstoy's last article -was written in the monastery at which he stayed. The only purpose of capital punishment, Ite gays, is to increase the hangman's'pay. Its honors are useless as a deterrent. The only remedy for crimo is to instil men's minds with a knowledge of their destiny and the need of justifying their acts-
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Evening Star, Issue 14524, 28 November 1910, Page 6
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76TOLSTOY'S LAST ARTICLE Evening Star, Issue 14524, 28 November 1910, Page 6
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