BRACERS Record Detail for 17944

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
69
Document no.
000806B
Box no.
2.62
Source if not BR
Texas, U. of, HRC
Recipient(s)
Morrell, Ottoline
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1913/06/13*
Form of letter
ALS(DX)
Pieces
1
Notes and topics

"Friday mg." "The best thing in my writing on Theory of Knowledge is the map of the country—that was already partially in the Shilling book. It is very new, I think, and much more according to the natural divisions of the subject." When map ok, rest can be corrected at leisure.

Transcription

BR TO OTTOLINE MORRELL, [13 JUNE 1913]
BRACERS 17944. ALS. Morrell papers #806B, Texas
Proofread by K. Blackwell et al.


Friday mg.1, 2

My Darling Love

What a joy it is to be sending my last letter to Lausanne. Tomorrow morning I will write to Paris. I can’t wait till tonight because that might not reach you before you start. I shall count on Wednesday. I am free all the morning, and from about 4 onward — but I mustn’t cut short the lunch with Wittgenstein’s mother, so I can’t reckon on afternoon earlier than 4. I shall be sleeping here while I am normally with the Whiteheads — they have no spare room — so please address here. — I was tired last night, and actually went to bed at 10.30 — today I am stupid from sleep — but not tired. — The best thing in my writing on theory of knowledge is the map of the country — that was already partially in the shilling book. It is very new, I think, and much more according to the natural divisions of the subject. When one’s map is right, one can correct details at one’s leisure — and many details will want correcting. I find it hard to rest yet, there is so much that I still have it in mind to do, but I must stop for a bit.

Darling I do hope these last days are resting you. I feel you have been terribly tired. I do long for you my Darling — but imagination shies at the thought of seeing you again — I have so put it away all this time. There is so much on both sides to talk over — Goodbye my Dearest Dearest. I yearn for you and love you with all my soul.

Your
B.

  • 1

    [document] Document 000806B. Proofread against a colour scan of the original.

  • 2

    [envelope] A circled “806”. The Lady Ottoline Morrell | 3 Avenue Agassiz | Lausanne | Switzerland. Pmk: LONDON. W.C. | 3.15 PM | JUN 12 13

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
17944
Record created
Aug 11, 2004
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana