"Thursday aftn." "What I want to say in America is something like this: Modern war is very harmful to neutrals as well, and therefore it is the interest of pacific powers to prevent others from fighting. England and France, at least, would be thankful for any arbitration system which made another great war less likely. The allies have been concluding arbitration treaties with U.S.A. and would probably be willing to conclude them with each other. Germany and Austria might be compelled to conclude similar treaties as part of the terms of peace. If all the powers guaranteed all the treaties, and undertook to oppose any power which infringed them, no single power would be strong enough to compel war, and a stable peace might be secured. In that case, a great diminution of armaments would also be possible. America will have to represent the interests of neutrals in the peace negotiations, and can hold the balance in the interests of permanent peace. But unless some such scheme is adopted, America will require a huge increase of armaments for the future protection of the Munroe [Monroe] Doctrine. Thus America at this moment can fittingly champion the interest of humanity, as opposed to those of either side in the war. Liberal opinion throughout Europe, which is momentarily dumb owing to the war, would wholeheartedly support America in such action, and after the war all Europe would be glad to be saved from itself."

"I have to lecture in Oxford three weeks hence, and the lecture will have to be published. It is terribly hard to think about philosophy."

[Monroe Doctrine.]

"Tues. mg." [Date: possibly 25 Oct.] Typed copy going to America of Education lecture.*

Eliot and his first publication—a review of Balfour.

*"Education as a Political Institution", Atlantic Monthly, 117: June 1916, 750-7.

"Sunday night My Darling Love—Thank you for your note, I will come at 10.30 tomorrow mg. and I shall love coming with you."

"Hearst [Hirst] gave me a pile of American and Swiss newspaper cuttings and suggested my writing an article for him explaining what I thought. He said after that it would be easier to approach people."*

*This article cannot be found in the Economist.

"Thursday aftn." "Writing for Hirst."

Hearst was his original spelling in earlier letter.

"Sunday evg. My Darling I was very glad to get your letter this morning."

"Wed. mg." Future plans: "I would swallow Socialism for the sake of peace."

Making notes for Oxford lecture*; will dictate it to Jourdain's secretary; "a miserable pot-boiler".

*Scientific Method in Philosophy.

"Thursday evg." "It seems strange that of all the people in the war the one I should care for much the most should be Wittgenstein who is an 'enemy'. I feel an absolute conviction that he will not survive—he is reckless and blind and ill. I will know nothing till the war is over. If he does survive I think the war will have done him good."

Four hours dictating Oxford lecture: "Dictating is a grand way of saving time, but it is very tiring because one has to think so much more quickly than when one writes oneself."

"Wed. night" Gave Oxford lecture today.

"Friday night. My Darling—No letter from you today, but I imagine you learning up bones and arteries so I am not surprised."

"Thursday evg." "As I can't go to America, I will write some articles for the Atlantic Monthly, whose editor I know. They can be reprinted here if it is worth while."

"Dostoewsky's letters are very interesting. He often reminds me of your accounts of Lamb, and sometimes of Wittgenstein."

Doesn't know what he thinks for International Journal of Ethics article on abstract ethics of war.

"Sunday night My Darling I have only a few moments before the post—Sanger is gone and I have left Bob* to his own devices."

*Robert Trevelyan.

"Monday night" "I have been thinking over my American article which I want to get done this week—it is rather difficult."

"Sat. mg." Morley—interview.

Letter no. is not written on letter.

"Tuesday night" BR encloses (record 18317) copy of letter to American* who drew BR's attention to reprinting in New York Sunday Sun of his letter to Nation.

"You are at liberty to make any use of this letter that you may think fit." [3 pages, dated 24.11.14—l. no. 1,155]

*The American was Chester A. Reed. See his 2 letters, records 79571 and 2726; the 2nd says he did not try to publish Russell's new letter.

"Thursday evg." "I finished the article on ethics of war*, and now I must do the American one."

*International Journal of Ethics, 25: Jan. 1915, 127-42. Enclosed letter could not have been enclosed with this letter as it was written 4 days later. BR refers to it in document .001167.

"Tuesday evg." Encloses War and Peace article for her.

"Ethics of War" back from typist.

Half of American article written*.

*"Is a Permanent Peace Possible?" Atlantic Monthly, 115: March 1915, 367-76.

"Thursday evg. My Darling—I am sorry you were so tired—I hope you got a long night's rest."

"Friday night" Quotes letter from Broad: "How delighted I am with your pamphlet on war and fear." [Broad's original l. is at 710.047732, record 75114.]

"Sat. aftn. My Darling—I was glad to hear from you this morning but I am sorry you were so terribly tired."

"Sat. Mm. My Darling—I was glad to get your little letter this morning."

"Xmas day in train to Tivoli My Darling Here I am, waiting for the train to start."

"Sunday night My Darling—I was very glad to get your letter today, saying you were less worried, and my less worrying letter had come."

"Sunday aftn." "Tomorrow I go to the Whiteheads for tea."

"Wed. aftn." "I am going to re-write or at least alter that American article."

"Thursday mg. My Darling—Your letter has just come."

"Sunday My Darling—I hope you didn't really think I was vexed last night—I was only taken aback by your attacking me so suddenly and unexpectedly."

"Tuesday evg. My Darling After leaving you I went to look for my Germans—found 2 out of 4—one a very touching case—young husband and wife with 2 children—wife and baby very ill—absolutely no money—one room—people as nice as they could be, not the sort who would ever become destitute but for the war."

"Miss C.W. [Cooper Willis] came this morning—we did Spinoza for an hour and a half, and then arranged for her to help with the proposed book. She will be a godsend, and I am very grateful to you. I feel keen about the book, and see how it should be done."

"Xmas eve" Bought presents for Whiteheads—"an awful effort". The book—"it shapes itself clearly in my mind—beginning with the Boer War, which brought before us the dread of a Continental combination against us."

"My Darling How glad I shall be when the posts are normal again."

Re his book plans.

"My Darling I am so very sorry that you and J. have influenza—it is wretched—very disappointing for her, and it must be so miserable for you."

"Evening" More on book: "It will be a merciless savage attack on the whole tradition of diplomacy in all countries." C.W. offered self to help with book.

"Yesterday at the Whiteheads passed off peacefully.... The Whiteheads are much milder since North came home."

"Tuesday mg. My Darling—I was very glad to get yr. letter this mg. and to hear news of the influenza—tho' it is not particularly good news."

"Wed. night. My Darling—I am so very very sorry to have left you without a letter when you would have liked one—I really thought you would find letters tiring and boring—it is part of my stupidity."

"New Year's eve" "My Darling Love—This is to send you all my heart for the New Year with my deepest love and trust."

"Thursday My Darling I was very sorry to find you so ill yesterday."

"My Darling Darling I couldn't write properly this morning because I had an undergraduate here discussing founding a U.D.C. branch at Cambridge."

"My Darling I am dreadfully sorry about my letter—it was a late night letter, which one never ought to post—this morning I feel quite sane again."

"Monday aft." "I have completely re-written the Atlantic Monthly article which you thought dull...." "I finished this morning a 25-page sketch [some of this is extant] of the "Principles and Practice in Foreign Policy". I want to talk it over with Morel, and to give it Miss C.W. to guide her researches—she is coming this afternoon."

"Monday evg. My Darling—I am wondering whether you really will get away from that awful place on Wednesday—it is quite an oppression thinking of you there."

"New Year's day" Wants to read Sons and Lovers [by D.H. Lawrence].

"Friday night New Year's day" "I have been dining with the Whiteheads. Mrs. Whitehead says Whitehead feels my desertion of them very much, and she insists I must come oftener for his sake. She is far less excited than she was, and it is much more bearable now. She doesn't understand the special suffering of people who don't believe in the war."

"Sunday evg." "Today I wrote 17 pages of a sketch of the book I want to do—writing only for oneself, without the thought of what it is prudent to publish, is much easier. I think it was good stuff."

[Re "Principles and Practice in Foreign Policy"? See Papers 13: 36a.]

"Tuesday" Dining with Whiteheads tonight.

"Wed. mg. My Darling—I am so very sorry to have only written such a scrap on Monday—I imagined you too ill to care for letters, as I remembered having felt that way when I had influenza." Envelope doesn't belong.

"Wednesday My Darling I was very glad to get your Monday letter this morning."

"Thursday evg. My Darling—Thank you very much for your dear letter." Envelope doesn't belong.

"Friday night. My Darling—It was a strange time today—I was going through a fearful tangle of feelings."

"Tuesday night My Heart, my Life, How can I ever tell you the amazing unspeakable glory of you tonight?"

"My Darling—This is not a horrid letter, and there is not one word in it that is hurting."

"Tuesday My Darling I was glad of your letter that came yesterday."

BR discusses his pleasant time with Clifford Allen and Minnie Pallister.

"Sunday evg. My Darling—It must be dreadfully dreary at Brighton in this rain."

"Wed. night. My Darling—The world seems strange, rather blank and empty—as if one had had one eye taken out to save the sight of the other."

"Wed. mg. My Darling It is just as peaceful here as it always is, and I am enjoying it."

"My Darling my Darling I must write—I have just found your wonderful letter."

[BR has dated the letter 1914 but this is clearly an error.]

"My Darling—This is just a line to welcome you home and to say I hope you are better."

"Thursday evg." BR translates l. from Wittgenstein.

[Re 710.057768, record 58617.]

"My Darling Darling We really are geese not to have found out by this time that we can't part—I hadn't really believed we should deep down, tho' on the surface I did quite."

"Monday mg. My Darling Darling—Your wonderful wonderful letter is such a happiness to me."

"Monday aft. My Darling Love—I have just heard from Irene*—It ought to have come by 2nd post but didn't."

*Irene Cooper Willis.

"Tuesday mg My Darling Love I was so glad to get your letter this morning and I am very glad you will come to me tonight after the meeting."

"Wed. evg. My Darling Darling—I am in a state of terror, for fear Irene* should have chilled you towards me."

*Irene Cooper Willis.

"Thursday My Own Darling—Your lovely flowers have come—I am so grateful for them."

Contains within letter draft table of contents for "The Policy of the Entente".

"Friday mg. My Ottoline, my Life, Your letter this morning is such a happiness to me—your letters are not 'cold and stiff'—they do really say everything—or at least they make me know everything."

"Friday night My Darling Love—I was very glad to get your dear letter tonight—it was an unexpected joy."

"Wed. evg My Darling Darling—I can't tell you how wonderfully happy I was all the time you were with me, and how happy I still am."

"Before tea-time I want you to know that I am quite quite happy now—the time this morning made all the difference."

"Sunday evg. My Ottoline, my Loved One, It was a joy to find your letter when I got home this evening."

"Friday night My Ottoline, my Dearest, my Loved One, This is nothing but a little word of love—my heart is so full of you that I must write...."

"Friday morning. My Ottoline, my Darling, I was so glad to get your letter this morning."

"Sat. mg. My Darling—It seems worries will never cease, nor the penalties for one's mistakes."

"Wed. My Darling—I am so very sorry you have had a bad headache for days—I do hope it is getting better."

[Letter no. is not written on letter.]

"Thursday. My Darling—I am glad you saw Belloc and enjoyed him."

[Letter no. is not written on letter.]

"I am very glad Italy is coming in, tho' I think it madness." [Fragment of letter only; lacks beginning and end. Letter no. is not written on letter.]

"Thursday My Darling—I was very glad to get your letter this morning."

[Letter no. is not written on letter.]

"Sunday My Darling—I haven't time to write a proper letter."

"Had to revise an article on Time for the Monist" ["On the Experience of Time", The Monist, 25: Apr. 1915, 212-33].

"Have to write an article for the Cambridge Review" [Perhaps "Can England and Germany Be Reconciled After the War?" C.R., 10 Feb. 1915.]

"And the Manchester lecture has to be written out in full" ["The Ultimate Constituents of Matter", The Monist, 25: July 1915, 399-417.]

Dated from SLBR 2.

"My Own Darling Your wonderful letter came while Irene* was here and I had to wait till she was gone before reading it."

*Irene Cooper Willis.

"This morning I wrote what I hoped would do for the Cambridge Review, but it has turned out too unpatriotic, and I shall have to write something else."

"Thursday evg." Encloses letter from H.A. Pritchard about recent public discussion on Matter—to which BR made reply (not a written one).

"Sunday My Darling—It was sad not getting a letter this mg."

"Tues. night My Darling Love—Yes, I am still free tomorrow afternoon."

"Sat. mg. My Darling Love—I have been so very sorry to write such scraps—but I was only half alive—today I am all right again—all the better really, because I have slept almost continuously for 48 hours, which is refreshing."

"Sunday night My Darling I wonder if you are at all rested and at all less depressed, and whether Julian's visit has been a happiness."

"Sunday mg. My Darling Love—I am sorry you are still so tired—I do hope you will be rested soon."

"Monday evg My Darling Love—Your letter of yesterday has just come."

"Thursday evg My Darling It was delightful seeing you for one little moment yesterday, tho' it was so brief."

"Wed. mg. My Darling Love—In spite of our both being so tired yesterday, I was wonderfully happy—I felt as if you had begun to rely on me not to be unkind."

"Wed. mg. My Darling Here I am back in my flat—off to the Whiteheads in a few minutes."

"Thursday mg." "I had a long talk with Mrs. Whitehead, in the course of which we came to a sort of understanding about the war. She is milder than she was, and had imagined me much more pro-German than I am."

"Friday morning My Darling Our meeting last night went off very successfully, tho' it was not quite so largely attended as I could have wished."

"Sat. mg. My Darling Love—I am very sorry you are so tired."

[The dating of this letter is doubtful.]