This viewpoint was in strict accordance with Wildman’s own attitude as expressed in numerous letters to the press, many of which probably remained unpublished. The Richmond and Twickenham Times, for instance, published in 1951 a letter from Wildman in the midst of a growing controversy on the theme of corporal penalties. In this massive missive, he stressed the value — to his mind — of punishment inflicted “on the bare buttocks and upper thighs'” — a phrase which he repeated several times for multiple emphases.
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