BRACERS Record Detail for 131575
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BR declines the William James lecturer position at Harvard. There is too much work left to Dora when BR is away. "The invitation gave me as much pleasure as the refusal gives me sorrow."
BR filled this position in 1940. See B&R A73.
Source: Dartmouth University, Rauner Special Collections Library, Grenville Clark papers.
BR TO JAMES H. WOODS / HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 3 DEC. 1931
BRACERS 131575. Form unknown. Clark papers, Dartmouth U. Library
Proofread by K. Blackwell
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan1
December 3, 1931
Dear Woods:
With the greatest regret I have decided that I must refuse the invitation to lecture at Harvard. I wrote to my wife about it, and got her to cable, as the matter concerns her as well as me; she has to stay at home and do her work and mine both, when I come to America. Her advice is adverse, and on the whole I agree with her. The invitation gave me as much pleasure as the refusal gives me sorrow.
Yours very sincerely,
Bertrand Russell
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[document] Proofread against an image of a carbon copy of a typed transcription of the letter in the Grenville Clark papers. The original letter may have been handwritten.
