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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
176
Source if not BR
Schilpp, Paul A.
Recipient(s)
Schilpp, Paul A.
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1946/08/09
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
TC
Notes and topics

"I do not think I can contribute to it [the Einstein volume] as I am overwhelmed with work, both philosophical and political."

Transcription

BR TO PAUL A. SCHILPP, 9 AUG. 1946
BRACERS 54716. ALS(X). Southern Illinois U., Carbondale
Proofread by K. Blackwell


Trinity College,
​​​​​​​Cambridge.a
August 9, 1946

Dear Professor Schilpp

Thank you for your letter of July 31. I thought I had sufficiently expressed my satisfaction with the Russell volume before it was published; as this was not so, please accept my regrets.

I am glad you are getting on with the Einstein volume.1 I do not think I can contribute to it as I am overwhelmed with work, both philosophical and political. I certainly cannot do anything before next summer, and probably not then.

With all best wishes from us both,

Yours very sincerely
Bertrand Russell.

  • 1

    Einstein volumeAlbert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist, ed. Paul Arthur Schilpp (Evanston, IL: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949).

Textual Notes

  • a

    Trinity College, Cambridge. below deleted <letterhead> THE HOTEL PORTMEIRION • PENRHYNDEUDRAETH • NORTH WALES

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Record no.
54716
Record created
Nov 29, 2005
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
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