BR TO W.W. NORTON & COMPANY, INC. / WARDER NORTON, 29 NOV. 1940
BRACERS 47381. ALS. Norton papers, Columbia U.
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Commander Hotel,
Cambridge, Mass.1
Nov. 29, 1940

Dear Warder

Thank you for your two letters. I look forward to seeing my book. I will try to think who should be asked for puffs; it should be not only logicians, but also men who write on theory of knowledge. Morris Cohen would know better than I do who should be chosen.

I am sorry about “The Taming of Power”. If I had known that the article referred to was one that had been in Power I should of course have referred them to you, but that did not appear in the request.

Ever since you came I have been troubled by the inadequacy of my hospitality. I had a seminar 4–6, reached the Yard, from Chicago, as the clock struck 4, and got to The Commander only a few minutes before you; so I had no time to make any preparations. But I still blush when I think of the empty tobacco tin and the absence of fizzy water for the whiskey.

Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell.

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