"On the whole, Ryle has had rather a bad time of it." (Re the Gellner controversy.)

BR refers him to Schilpp and Egner for a bibliography of his work.

OK to print sherry party invitations with BR's name. He encloses a letter from the Home Office.

BR declines an invitation for February.

BR can't form an opinion on Ducaroffe's work from a table of contents.

The TLS review is "rather satisfactory" (re Wisdom of the West).

Re his grandmother's poem for Basic Writings.

BR has done his bit in replying to critics on Ryle-Gellner.

On extramarital homosexual relations and divorce.

BR agrees to be Honorary President of a discussion club for nuclear disarmament.

BR asks for his grandchildren to be sent to Ruabon and put into a through train to Penrhyndeudraeth.

BR can see him at Plas Penrhyn.

"Ans > Gilbert Harding".

"Have written to Secretary of Moreton Hall about return on Dec. 16 > Sarah".

BR agrees to the Humanist Guild of Toronto's suggestion [re The Faith of a Humanist].

This appears to be a draft of the letter that Strong wrote on images, sense-data and perception. See record 80805.

BR thanks Strong for his letter of 1930/11/05 and says he will reply when he has more time.

Huxley is reluctant to join a committee of trustees for Strong's Philosophical Fund and suggests Dr. Joseph Needham in his place.

Moore is willing to be one of C.A. Strong's trustees. Moore won't be able to come to Oxford on the weekend due to his health.

Cumming arranges a debate on "Is Modern Morality Moral?" between Rabbi Wise and BR.

This may have been the debate that was reenacted for film by the participants.

Cumming arranges a debate on "Is Modern Morality Moral?" between Rabbi Wise and BR. See record 125522. Cumming states it is being held under the auspices of the Seven Arts Guild.

This may have been the debate that was reenacted for film by the participants.

"Signed letter".

Re Kazakstan.

On undesirable acts by one's own side.

BR favours legalizing euthanasia "with suitable safeguards".

Re viewing On the Beach.

BR will attend conference on Dec. 13.

Can't accept engagement.

Garage.

Why is U.S. only now receiving Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare?

BR cannot produce anything by early January.

BBC £19.

BR is glad to know Plas Penrhyn was the home of Casson's parents.

BR can't participate in his research.

BR provides facts about his anti-nuclear activities for a thesis.

BR complains about the "grossly unfair" review of Gellner, with no mention of Ryle's doings.

"OK".

His enterprise is too vast for BR to undertake at his age.

BR thanks her for the kind message from her father.

BR thanks him for the synopsis of his book.

BR approves of statements by World Federalists of Japan.

Autograph for this Bombay person.

BR has nothing to send him to print.

A certificate for 2 shares costing £1 each. Glyn Mills & Co. (Child & co.) had kept the certificate in its strong room, but the company wound up in 1913 and the shares were now worthless. See record 23944 for the covering letter in 1967.

The telegram is addressed to Constance Malleson at The Avenue, Ashford Carbonell, Shropshire, where she was staying with BR. Miles will meet her at Crewe on Friday [17 August 1917].

[Crewe is in Cheshire.]

Miles writes to Clare about marrying her sister, Constance Malleson.

Re the Trondheim incident, 1948.

Photography with Morris.

Thank you for the New Year's card.

Thank you for the Christmas card.

"Generally the people who live in beautiful places are bad—e.g., Sicily."

Thank you for Ursula's picture.

BR sends Collins an unidentified letter with BR's reply on the verso.

BR cannot form a view on Clarke's proposal.

BR's autobiography is not to be published "until I am dead."

BR asks Dr. Boyd for his opinion on new drugs that might cure his son John, mentioned in New Scientist.

"No."

"Child < £15.16.0 from Ogonek".

BR has received payment only for the Ogonek article.

BR would like to see her during her visit, admires SANE, and refers to photos of sculptures of "your very charming children".

"£61.1.0 > Tylor for Griff's wages".

Whatever D.H. Lawrence knew of Freud or Nietzsche he probably learned from the dominant influence of his wife.

Thanks for her letter and card.

Re condensing "The Expanding Mental Universe".

BR hopes to see her in London in February.

BR has no objection to Hyde tape-recording the debate with Copleston.

"6/9 > Manweb".

"£2.15.0 > J A Jones (for > Bangor)".

BR is returning Leitch's documents as he cannot do anything about the matter concerned.

BR sends cheques to Madams.

BR agrees about nuclear test negotiations at Geneva and that a conference is desirable. He has signed the two letters Rotblat enclosed.

BR thanks "Will" for The Epic of Clare Market and will write to the publishers after reading it.

BR cannot spare more than an hour or two for their meeting.

BR thinks "a noticeable badge" is a good idea, evidently for nuclear disarmers.

"Mrs Price's letter > Peggy Duff".

Having the rights, BR gives permission to reproduce "The Expanding Mental Universe".

BR agrees with Little on bull-baiting.

BR sends his "sincere wishes for the success of the Hindustan Times".

"Feeling so old" "grows gradually more difficult to avoid."

BR feels a kinship between Menuhin's attitude and his own in a paper by the former.

On custody of the grandchildren.

The reports of Khrushchev's speech are too incomplete for BR to comment on.

"Signed Contract > Ass. Redif<f>usion T.V."

BR declines Heineman's offer to work as BR's secretary during the summer.

Re his letter about blinking.

BR, who has read and respects Priestley's book, declines the luncheon in his honour.

[Despite efforts using the date Russell gives, 1959/12/28, the recipient remains unidentified.]

BR thanks her for her husband's drawings.

"Mrs. Price's letter & sketches of possible CND badge > P. Duff".

BR thanks him for his 2 "monumental volumes with appendices", and is grateful for the errors pointed out in Wisdom of the West.

BR forwards Gourevitch's letter about 2 errors in Wisdom of the West.

BR cannot participate by correspondence in a projected conference.

BR asks for someone to be found to translate a Russian newspaper article by him.

BR provides a testimonial for Yourgrau for the philosophy chair at Leeds.

BR knows little about the growth of Muslim nationalism or affairs in Pakistan. He points out the long journey to N. Wales. (The train leaves Paddington at 10:10 a.m. and arrives at Penrhyndeudraeth at 5:30.)

Re A.L. Smith and Arthur Russell.

Thanks for stamps for granddaughter.

BR encloses a paragraph about Margaret McMillan and nursery schools.

BR's dictation of this memorandum follows his letter to Canon Collins of same date (record 119194). BR's handwriting is found in revisions of a few passages. The memorandum concerns the priority to be given to British nuclear disarmament.