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a case, Solomon himself might have been puzzled 

 to apportion the relative moral delinquency of 

 the parties. However that may be, the man was 

 morally and legally bound to support his child, 

 and any one would have been justified in helping 

 the woman to her legal rights, and the man to 

 the legal consequences (in which exposure is 

 included) of his fault. 



The action of the " General " of the Salvation 

 Army in extorting the heavy fine he chose to 

 impose as the price of his silence, however 

 excellent his motives, appears to me to be as 

 immoral as, I hope, it is illegal. 



So much for the Salvation Army as a teacher 

 of questionable ethics and of eccentric economics, 

 as the legal adviser who recommends and practises 

 the extraction of money by intimidation, as the 

 fairy godmother who i^roposes to " mother " 

 society, in a fashion which is not to my taste, 

 however much it may commend itself to some of 

 Mr. Booth's supporters. 



I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 



T. H. Huxley. 



