BRACERS Record Detail for 56414

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
705
Source if not BR
New York Public Library
Recipient(s)
Brenan, Gamel
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1946/01/15
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
2
BR's address code (if sender)
TC
Notes and topics

BR would like to see Gamel on Feb. 11: "I can't get a room in a hotel owing to UNO and shall be staying with Julian Huxley probably: so it is a question of a restaurant."

BR is very busy. "... so is Peter, who is organizing a big meeting for 'Save Europe Now'. Being busy is the only way to endure this beastly world. I hate the Soviet government too much for sanity. We have bought a derelict cottage in Wales, and hope ultimately to retire from the hubbub. I want to write a system of philosophy and an autobiography, and then die."

Transcription

BR TO GAMEL BRENAN, 15 JAN. 1946
BRACERS 56414. ALS(X). New York Public Library
Proofread by K. Blackwell


<letterhead>
TRINITY COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE.
Jan. 15, 1946.

My dear Gamel

It is a very long time since we last met, and I don’t like it. I shall be in London for the night on Monday Feb. 11 and should be very glad if we could have tea and dinner together. If you can manage that, will you choose a place for tea as I don’t know any nice place. I can’t get a room in a hotel owing to UNO and shall be staying with Julian Huxley probably; so it is a question of a restaurant.

I am very busy, and so is Peter, who is organizing a big meeting for “Save Europe Now”. Being busy is the only way to endure this beastly world. I hate the Soviet Government too much for sanity. We have bought a derelict cottage in Wales, and hope ultimately to retire from the hubbub. I want to write a system of philosophy1 and an autobiography,2 and then die.

I long to see you. Goodbye with love.

Ever yours
B.

  • 1

    I want to write a system of philosophy By 25 April he was telling his daughter (record 52604) that he was busy on a “magnum opus”, viz. Human Knowledge (1948).

  • 2

    an autobiography He returned to the 1931 draft of his Autobiography in 1948.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
56414
Record created
Jun 02, 2014
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana