Douglas malitere mkpọsa megide The Well of Loneliness na 18 August, na-amụba akwụkwọ akụkọ na mgbasa ozi na teaser na Daily Express na-ekwe nkwa ikpughe "A Book That Should Be Suppressed". N'akwụkwọ edemede ya n'echi ya, Douglas dere na "mmekọahụ na ntụgharị" aghọwo ihe a na-ahụ anya na mbipụta nke The Well wetara mkpa maka ọha na eze ka ọ "sachapụ onwe ya site na ekpenta ndị ekpenta a". Maka Douglas, echiche mmekọahụ nke nwoke idina nwoke bụ pseudoscience, na-ekwekọghị n'ozizi Ndị Kraịst nke nnwere onwe ime nhọrọ; kama nke ahụ, o kwuru, a na-emebi ndị nwoke idina nwoke site na nhọrọ nke aka ha <unk> nke pụtara na ndị ọzọ nwere ike imebi site na "mgbasa ozi ha". Ụmụaka niile ga-emerịrị: "M ga-enye nwa okoro ma ọ bụ nwa agbọghọ ahụ ike nke prussic acid. Akwukwo a kwesiri ka a kpochapụ ya". N'akwụkwọ edemede ya n'echi ya n'echi ya, Douglas dere na "mmekọahụ mmekọahụ na mmebi iwu"
Ụlọ Leopold Hill