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"Mr. Russell wrote to me and definitely said he was fighting on Suffrage and Free Trade, and he did not mention temperance. ... Moreover Mr. Russell says he has not made up his mind about Disinterested Management, that he does not know enough about it to do so (!) This is extremely odd as his wife has for the last four years been a prominent advocate and public speaker on the question."
"I like Bertie Russell exceedingly, not because he is my nephew, but because he is a man of the rarest quality and of consummate intelligence, but I think the tactics in this Wimbledon fight though honestly meant are not likely to prove useful. ... B. Russell has replied again saying that he is in favour of Local Veto but not promising to put the question as a prominent item in his programme."