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The Last Letter of Dr Bronson

Suspense · August 15, 1946 · 29 min · 4,079 words

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Yes, right now, a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma wines bring you Henry Daniel in a remarkable tale of... SUSPEN! My dear Mosher, forgive me if I dashed this letter off rather hurriedly that I've had a very few minutes remaining for me, the few minutes between now and midnight.

You've always protested my fascination with the subject of death. You do have to hear me discuss the latest electrocution on hanging. You alone, Mosher, will know how this fascination has led me to this terrible moment.

I should like you to have to fax. First of all, let me recall a conversation, which we held here in my study a little over a year ago. There you go again, Boston death and murder.

Really, you're unhealthy. Please, please, Mersha, just answer my question. Why do men behave as they do? What keeps them from breaking loose? Why don't they kill when another is animal? Why? Because the aunt's animal doesn't mind the amosha being not a vegetable nor mineral.

They must be animals. What I mean is, you don't know the answer. I do. So, I have been studying the question for some time, and I am prepared to prove, in fact I am going to prove, that there are five basic checks which serve to restrain men from murdering his fellow men.

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