BR TO GILBERT MURRAY, 20 JAN. 1951
BRACERS 52422. TLS. Murray papers, Bodleian
Edited by W. Bruneau. Proofread by A.G. Bone

41, Queen’s Road,
Richmond,
Surrey.
January 20th, 1951.

My dear Gilbert,

Thank you for your letter of December 29th, which took a very long time to reach me as it was addressed to Babraham Road, Cambridge, which I left some years ago.

I do not feel argumentative about the points you raise in your letter. That is to say I only disagree with them sometimes. I am sure Christian civilisation is a grand thing. I read a book the other day about the Southborough Case, and I have, of course, an enthusiastic wish to support Franco, that “Gallant Christian gentleman” as Winston called him. I like, too, the censorship of books in Eire and Boston. Seriously — I like all these things better than Stalin, but I find it hard to be very enthusiastic about them.

Yours ever,
B.R.
(Earl Russell)