Total Published Records: 135,546
BRACERS Notes
Record no. | Notes, topics or text |
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127201 | "Bankers order > Child". This is in connection with record 127200. |
127202 | "I should certainly be delighted if your defence of civil disobedience could be used and I shall remember this when I get applications for such an article." |
127203 | "Thank you very much for your interesting and very kind letter of April 5 which I find most encouraging." |
127204 | "Secretary—acknowledge > Bhattacharyya". |
127205 | "No > Japan H bomb Council". |
127206 | "I am very sorry indeed that I am too busy with quite other matters to be able to read the work you sent me." |
127207 | "OK > Dag Sanner". |
127208 | "Your letter received this morning raises a grave issue. You will remember that I only undertook to do the recordings on condition that I was allowed to say my say about nuclear weapons and nuclear war and defence policy. If your superiors insist on cutting part of what I said on these subjects, they are certain to cut the most vital parts and arrange that my whole position shall seem inept. If this is done, it will mean that two days of my time and a very great deal of my energy have been fraudulently wasted. Since the time that remains to me is probably limited, this is a grave matter. I must ask you therefore to mention that, if what I said on the above subjects is at all seriously cut, I shall repudiate the whole recordings and forbid their being used." |
127209 | Re Tony Smythe's letter to the Working Committee. |
127210 | "I heartily agree with what you say, except for one small point: I think that marshalls are useful in large demonstrations." |
127211 | "Owing to illness <there is a gap of 33 days in the Dictation> I have not been able to answer your letter of May 2 sooner. Two entirely distinct questions are involved: one, as to the children's holidays; the other, as to Dora's maintenance." |
127212 | BR has no objection to a reprinting of his Introduction to the Tractatus. "I was influenced by the fact that Wittgenstein and all his followers hated my introduction and that Wittgenstein only consented to its inclusion because the publishers made it a condition of their publishing the Tractatus." |
127213 | "On reconsideration and in view of the receipt of a letter from A.J. Ayer I have decided that the reasons which originally led me to give permission for the reprinting of my introduction remain valid, and I have therefore withdrawn my refusal of permission to reprint it." |
127214 | Re the proposed paperback publication of Principia Mathematica and the possible end to readers' study of Part IV. "When the MS was submitted to the Press, they asked the opinion of W.E. Johnson who singled out Part IV as particularly important. Its importance has increased since then owing to the growing realization of the fundamental character of structure which is the same thing as what we call relation number." |
127215 | "I will do my best to deliver the MS sooner than the first of September, but for reasons of health, I cannot positively undertake to do so." Summers' index suggestion is satisfactory to BR. |
127216 | "Thank you for the book-proof of Fact and Fiction. I note that in the Table of Contents on page 7 there is a misprint in Part One, IV. You have 'Disgust IN its Antidote'. It should be 'Disgust and its Antidote'." |
127217 | Not a letter but a message. BR sends his best wishes for the success of their rally on May 28 and afterwards. |
127218 | Letter is titled "Open Letter to the President of the United States of America". Re Kennedy's visit to UK on June 5. Next to letter is letter outline in BR's hand re Polaris. |
127219 | Re his typescript "In Search of Wisdom". "I agree most emphatically with your emphasis on the evils of fear ... But I do think that many things in the make-up of ordinary human beings, although they must be classified as unconscious, are to be regarded as evil." Littlewood's typescript has remained unpublished. |
127220 | BR makes minor corrections in Beer's "very just" account of his work. |
127221 | BR tells the Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland: "I am in complete agreement with your moral objection to these weapons, but I think there are also very strong arguments as regards Britain and other allies of the U.S. tending to show that membership of NATO, which is intended to make us safer, in fact makes us less so, and that, as a mere matter of prudence, we ought to renounce the bomb." |
127222 | BR admits to the error of crediting Weierstrass with work done by Cauchy. "Your other point, about Hegel's definition of the Absolute Idea, I am unrepentant about. I still think that his definition is obscure and, that when one penetrates to what he means, it turns out to be nonsense." |
127223 | "Harrods—tape recorder to attach to telephone". |
127224 | "Ryman for Lucy's refills to Walkers files". |
127225 | "I am entirely willing to approve of your suggested arrangements for the Conference on Pugwash lines and also of the letter of invitation." BR thanks Bernal for approving his pamphlet. |
127226 | "I have been asked by Mr Summers the Editor of Penguins to do a short book [35 000 words] to be called provisionally, Has Man a Future?. It has seemed to me that, for public reasons, I must accept this suggestion as I want to spread understanding of the problem of nuclear warfare as widely as possible.... I hope this decision will not annoy you." |
127227 | BR has received a reply from Unwin of which he encloses a copy. "I shall be glad to know what reply you would like me to make, as the matter, of course, is one for you to decide." |
127228 | "I am very grateful to you for the extremely kind things that you say about me in your History of Pugwash." "As for the statement that 'Kennedy and Macmillan are worse than Hitler', this occurred in an extempore peroration to a speech at Birmingham...." |
127229 | BR will not become a sponsor for their projected peace congress, as he is already connected with many. |
127230 | "John Grant Booksellers—No English texts—Articles written in French and never published in English". |
127231 | "These questions cannot be answered on general principles. I myself concealed my loss of faith from my elders until I was 21, after which it became impossible." |
127232 | "Sorry about difficulties in getting publisher ... no further advice … Glad to learn if you hear from Mr Gordon Lansborough". |
127233 | What I have to say about "le mal du siecle" is summed up in one sentence, which I have called 'The History of the World' and written for use in Martian Infant Schools". |
127234 | "I am now recovered from my indisposition and it would be a pleasure to my wife and me if you could manage to pay us a visit on two or three nights at any time before the end of the month." |
127235 | "I am very sorry not to comply with your suggestion, but I am pretty certain that it would be useless to do so. I wrote directly to Krushchev [Khrushchev] in the case of Mme Ivinskaya and her daughter, but I had no acknowledgement and nothing came of it." |
127236 | "My wife and I are very sorry that we were out when you were kind enough to call." BR thanks him for bringing a number of detective stories. |
127237 | "As you no doubt know, I do not agree with your point of view, but you have stated it forcibly and well." BR encloses Win We Must, a speech which explains his position. |
127238 | "I enclose a letter from Mr. Madams about a tax reserve certificate." |
127239 | "I cannot quite agree with you that in a nuclear war English women will suffer more than English men and children." BR encloses Win We Must and suggests that she get in touch with the Committee of 100 and write to Peace News suggesting a campaign. |
127240 | "From my point of view, I shall be very glad if you can come to an agreement with Penguins." |
127241 | Re Krishna Menon. "When he was Secretary of the India League and I was President, he did all the work and I merely endorsed his activities as I had a great many other matters that occupied my time." |
127242 | "I have been invited to do a Penguin book on the title Has Man a Future?. I should like in this book to say something about Pugwash and, if you approve, to quote the whole of the Kitzbühel declaration." |
127243 | "The information you give is interesting and the voting in Norway is most encouraging. I wish larger countries were equally wise." |
127244 | "I have had a letter from Sir Stanley Unwin suggesting that, if and when, you reach an agreement with him about his doing a hard back edition of Has Man a Future? you should let him deal with the translation rights if foreign nations desire them." BR does not know what he "ought to feel about this". |
127245 | "May I congratulate you most warmly on your speech against the proposal to make a motor road through Christ Church meadows ... I care immensely about the beauty of Oxford, which, like what is beautiful in other parts of England, is being destroyed by the worship of Mammon." |
127246 | "Alonzo Gibbs—Letter? No—Commend friendly tone—". |
127247 | "Encounter—too busy—No". |
127248 | "Gellner—Entirely willing to give R as referee.—Signed R". |
127249 | Re the children travelling to Cornwall. |
127250 | "I entirely agree with your protest against German troops in Wales, but I am sorry that the protest does not extend to the rest of Great Britain. Unfortunately, I cannot accept your invitation to speak owing to other engagements already made." |
127251 | "I hesitate to write to Russians in the sense suggested in your letter, because the Conditional Agreement that you send calls for a Democratic Federal World Government ... the Russian usage according to which the word 'democratic' means a military tyranny imposed by alien armed force...." |
127252 | "Wish them well, but has been ill and can only send best wishes". |
127253 | "Did write this stuff but don't remember where. Send Win We Must". |
127254 | "Dear Brown". Re autobiography. "I still think that inextricable difficulties will arise if Unwin is not to be the publisher of your work. He is one of my literary executors and will feel, I am sure, that he has a prescriptive right as regards anything that I have written." BR encourages Spencer-Brown to edit a volume of his letters and write a critical account of his work. |
127255 | "I am sorry that I am so overwhelmed with work that I cannot undertake to give you advice as to the fellowship you propose to found which would involve a considerable amount of thought." |
127256 | "I am very sorry that I cannot give you the help you ask for in regard to literature of logic." It is over 50 years since logic was BR's main pursuit. |
127257 | BR encloses a chapter on Pugwash from the Penguin book manuscript, which he would like Rotblat to read for inaccuracies or undesirable content. |
127258 | "All being well, I shall be glad to speak at the public meeting on either of the dates you suggest—October 25 or November 1—suits me equally well." |
127259 | "I am much interested by what you say about the Duke of Bedford. It would interest me to make his acquaintance, but I am no longer up to much travelling." |
127260 | "I should like to accept your suggestion, but my energies are not what they were and I have to limit my commitments rather severely." |
127261 | BR is "completely recovered" [from shingles]. "I will tell Sir Stanley that you wish to reserve the translation rights ... I find, as I feared might be the case, that it does not very closely follow the suggested synopsis ... I have always found that books have a will of their own and come out as they choose and not as I expect." |
127262 | "I had a letter from Pevsner of Penguins confirming the 2/3 concerning which you inquired, but rejecting your suggestion of handling the translation rights on the ground that Penguin is good at this sort of job." |
127263 | "I am quite willing to be a Patron of your magazine on the assumption that no work is required of me." BR encloses a short message. |
127264 | "... I shall be delighted if you could make such use of Satan in the Suburbs as you suggest...." BR also recommends Nightmares of Eminent Persons, which may be suitable. |
127265 | "It would give me much pleasure to accept one of the medals (plaques) for this year, but I much regret that I am too old for long journeys and cannot, therefore, travel to India. I do not know whether this constitutes a fatal objection to awarding me the medal." |
127266 | "So far as I am concerned, I am entirely willing that you should re-print the speech [Win We Must] I made on March 11 and I do not think it likely that the organizers of the Conference to which I spoke will raise any objection." |
127267 | "I have had a letter from Canon Collins asking permission to reprint and distribute as a CND pamphlet the pamphlet containing my speech at Birmingham on March 11 ... I shall be grateful if you will let me know whether you also consent...." |
127268 | "... I entirely approved of the plans you outline for the Conference in September. I am very sorry that I shall not be present at the Conference owing to other commitments." |
127269 | "Photos signed and sent (to Jennifer Strong and Little African Girl) > Rupert Strong". |
127270 | "Unwin—Chandler photos and London". |
127271 | "Minnesota Students' Peace Union—No". |
127272 | "Parl World Govt.—No—no date near that time". |
127273 | "Ok > Park College (Jerzy Hauptmann)". |
127274 | "CND—No—Husband Energies appearances few. Heartily wish him well. Enclose Win We Must and send other later". |
127275 | "Coxon—Boston nurses—No". |
127276 | BR is glad of the good news about Eatherly. "I am sorry that I shall not be present at the conference...." |
127277 | "OK > John—3.30-4". |
127278 | "Good wishes > Japan Council vs H-bombs". |
127279 | "Seldom read popular press and have nothing to contribute". |
127280 | "Win We Must > Link". |
127281 | "Signed photo > Bachiller—Argentina". |
127282 | "Cheque £125 > Childs from Lansdowne Studios (Chandos)". |
127283 | Re the terms of the contract. "But if it means that for five years I am to hold my tongue about nuclear weapons and nuclear war or any of the other subjects on which we touched then I can give no such undertaking." |
127284 | "... I am communicating your letter and your scheme to the Committee of 100, an organization with which I am connected and which seems likely to co-operate with you." |
127285 | "If America chooses war, England will be no safer than America—in fact, the official view is that all inhabitants of Britain will perish." |
127286 | "Associated Press—No—too busy". |
127287 | "Send cheque. Agree insurance should be increased Plas P. > 10000 & Hasker Street > 1500 if you think reasonable. |
127288 | "Can't remember what article on World Government is. Can't remember a broadcast on it. Suggest the Prof sends a copy of the text and perhaps you can identify it." |
127289 | "We expect to be in London for a short time from the 26th July to about August 9 and we should be glad to see you during that time." |
127290 | "I expect to be in London July 27 and should be happy to see you on that day...." |
127291 | "Card and Win We Must > Worstell, Pittsburgh". |
127292 | BR thanks him for ordering the book of Pasternak's poems. Peter Russell is not related to BR. |
127293 | "10/- > Mr Ibbetson of Melwyn Back, Gresor". |
127294 | "Thank you for your letter of July 1 and for the present of elephants which I greatly appreciate and have put on my mantelpiece where it is in sight all day." |
127295 | "Dear Mrs Robertson...." |
127296 | "The first and third of the articles you write about were never published in English; the second, I think, was published in English in the reference that you give viz., Mind, 1902." |
127297 | "Read Why I am not a Christian and also my Philosophy of Leibnitz—[signed BR]". |
127298 | "I am now completely restored to health and am grateful for your solicitude." |
127299 | "I should much like to see awareness of the danger among Australian students and if you can promote this, you will be doing an exceedingly useful work." BR encloses Human Life Is in Danger. |
127300 | BR will not be in London at the time mentioned and so will be unable to meet Shelby. |