BRACERS Record Detail for 135539
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BR found a letter from Amethe dated 17 Jan. 1950 (not in BRACERS) to which he had not replied. He declines again to write a preface to The Problems of Philosophy. He refers to the "dreadful" account of what she has been through.
Transcription provided by Nicholas Marlowe Rare Books.
BR TO AMETHE VON ZEPPELIN, 26 APR. 1950
BRACERS 135539. ALS. McMaster
Transcribed by Nicholas Marlowe. Proofread by K. Blackwell
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Penralltgoch
Llan Ffestiniog
Merioneth
26.4.50
Dear Countess Zeppelin
I am more sorry that I can see that your letter of Jan. 17 has remained so long unanswered. By some mistake it got among answered letters, and I have only just discovered the mistake. The letter you mention having written 3 years ago never reached me.
I am sorry I cannot do the Preface you suggest. I am shortly going on a lecture tour, first to Australia and then to USA, and the preparation of lectures absorbs all my time. It would be very difficult to say in what ways I have changed my opinions; chiefly, I should be more cautious about universals.
Your account of all you have been through is quite dreadful — all the more so because so many have suffered similarly. I hope you will come to England; you would not, I think, feel lonely after a while. If you do, please let me know, as I should like to see you.
Yours sincerely,
Russell.
