BRACERS Record Detail for 135011
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A group of 4 letters from BR (all to Casimir Lewy, one including a testimonial) and one a letter to him from Patricia Russell was to be auctioned on 21 June 2024, according to https://www.liveauctioneers.com/ and https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30293/lot/219/philosophers-bertrand-russell-and-ge-moore-collection-of-letters-to-eminent-cambridge-philosopher-casimir-lewy-1919-1991/, along with many letters from G.E. Moore.
Dr. Lewy (1919–1991) taught at Cambridge, Liverpool, and Cambridge again, where he was elected a fellow.
Two different images of the group of letters are included with this record.
BR TO CASIMIR LEWY, 2 SEPT. 1945
BRACERS 135011. ALS. Bonhams
Proofread by K. Blackwell
Grosvenor Lodge, Babraham Rd., Cambridge
Sp. 2, 1945
Dear Lewy
We are both sorry you have left Cambridge, and sorry not to have seen you before you went. We shall look forward to seeing you at Xmas-time, and, I hope, making the acquaintance of your wife.1 I infer from the manner of your announcement that you are deeply attached to her; I hope it is mutual, and if so I congratulate you.
I am obsessed by the futility of all our pursuits, since England will be wiped out in the next war. But we have to go on pretending.
Yours sincerely
Russell
Notes
- 1your wife Eleanor Ford, who was completing her studies at the London School of Economics.
