BR TO GILBERT MURRAY, 25 JULY 1953
BRACERS 52433. TLS. Murray papers, Bodleian
Edited by W. Bruneau. Proofread by A.G. Bone

41 Queen’s Road
Richmond
Surrey.
25 July, 1953.

Dear Gilbert,

Thank you for your nice letter.1 I am glad you did not think my stories2 totally despicable.

With regard to what you say about your and my development, it is no doubt true in the main, but I think there was a difference owing to the impact of the First War upon me. Until 1914 I was not a rebel and quite expected the Liberal Party to do the sort of things I wanted done. My outlook became more like that of Shelley and Godwin after 1914 than it had been before. Since then I have been gradually calming down. But I do not think I agree with you about custom. Russia and Japan have persuaded me that custom is less powerful than I thought.

Yours ever,
B.R.

• 1

  your nice letter BRACERS 79022.

• 2

  my storiesSatan in the Suburbs, and Other Stories (London: The Bodley Head, 1953).