BRACERS Record Detail for 17914
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"If I can keep fit, I have material for writing steadily till I go to America. But when you first come home I want to write about 'the place of good and evil in the universe'."*
*The original topic for BR's Lowell Lectures.
BR TO OTTOLINE MORRELL, 19 MAY 1913
BRACERS 17914. ALS. Morrell papers #780, Texas
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My Darling Love
Two letters came from you this morning, both dated Friday and both post-marked Saturday. It was a great joy to get them, I am glad the Dr. is fairly satisfied about J. — I shall be anxious to hear more fully after he has talked it over with you. My Swiss Baedeker, which I got last year, is in London — I shall be there tomorrow and will send it then. Froude sounds appalling — why don’t you leave him and start something more interesting? I am glad you like the Man of Property better than you did — I thought it much the best of his novels. I fancy it is almost all autobiography. I think Combe ought to pay you a commission for sending him so many patients! I wonder what he will say about P.
Miss Stawell came again and we had a great set-to — quite good — but there come points where her knowledge gives out. She was very kind — when she went away she said “God bless you”, which quite upset me. However, I settled down to Time and have written 6 pages since she went. Now I have to go out to lunch so my time is short.
The writing leaves me rather exhausted when I stop, with vague buzzing thoughts, and everything rather unreal. Time is complicated and puzzling. Like a stretched spring I rebound violently at moments into human things — longing for you — last night I went a walk in the moonlight and met innumerable couples — By the time I see you again the fit of concentration will be over, but all the energy and impetus of it will have gone into wishing to be with you — I shall have to write an easy book on logic to precede this one on theory of knowledge — If I can keep fit, I have material for writing steadily till I go to America. But when you first come home I want to write about “the place of good and evil in the universe” — What happy times we will have! Darling Darling I long to be with you again. I love you love you with all my soul and strength — Goodbye.
Your
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