BRACERS Record Detail for 65417
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BR thanks Schuck for her letter of 1950/02/24 (record 65416). He proposes "Obstacles to World Government" for the second public lecture. However, he suggests it would be wise to be able to change it to something more topical, such as "Can Hydrogen Think?" if the need arises. BR asks if they would like "The Good and Harm Done by Dogmatic Ideologies" for the third smaller meeting.
BR confirms that he will wait until after his Mount Holyoke visit for the other lectures and explains that his motivations are to be able to give his daughter [Kate Tait] money earned in the US since he can't send it from England. Arranging these lectures would be too small a job for an agent.
Source: Mount Holyoke College Archives, MS 0841 74/4/5.
BR TO MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE / VICTORIA SCHUCK, 2 MAR. 1950
BRACERS 65417. ALS(X). Mount Holyoke College
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March 2, 1950
Dear Professor Schuck
Thank you for your letter of Feb. 24. Perhaps for the political lecture “Obstacles to World Government” would be a good subject; I am afraid it will not yet be passé. I suppose, however, that it would be wise to be free to change if there is more topical relevance in a new theme, e.g. “Can hydrogen think?”
As a third subject for one of the smaller meetings, would you like “the good and harm done by dogmatic ideologies”?
I am glad you are announcing my visit now. Of course I should not dream of giving other lectures till I had finished at Mount Holyoke. For fear you should think me mercenary I will explain my motive. My daughter is married to a young American, scholarly but poor. I should like to help them, but the law does not allow me to send money from England.
I don’t quite know how to set about getting 2 or 3 lectures elsewhere; it is too small a job for a regular agent.
Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell.
