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LETTER : Unbearable

Eleanor Phipps
Tuesday 24 June 1997 23:02 BST
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Sir: Thomas Macaulay analysed the hunting issue long ago (Letters, 17 and 18 June): "The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."

ELEANOR PHIPPS

London N5

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