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BR on not including A.N. Whitehead in History of Western Philosophy: "I decided that, on private grounds, I would not publish anything hostile, and on public grounds I could not publish anything laudatory."
BR TO W.R. FRASER, 2 MAY 1948
BRACERS 117675. ALS. McMaster
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27 Dorset House
Gloucester Place
N.W.1.
May 2, 1948
Dear Professor Fraser1
Thank you for your letter of April 12. When it became clear that Whitehead and I, after our long collaboration, had come to differ fundamentally in philosophy, I decided that, on private grounds, I would not publish anything hostile, and on public grounds I could not publish anything laudatory. I therefore concluded that the best thing was to say nothing. I noticed that he, independently, took the same line about me. Perhaps we were mistaken, but friendship has claims.
Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell.
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envelope: Professor W.R. Fraser | Sir George Williams College | 1441 Drummond Str. | Montreal 25 | Canada.
