BRACERS Record Detail for 19110
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"Sat. mg. My Beloved—I was very very glad to get your two little letters—I do wish I had not got into this utterly hateful mood—"
The second paragraph of this letter was used for the second paragraph of literary letter number 10, document .007052fd, record 93471, dated 28 December 1916.
Part of this original letter has been combined with document 200079 to create literary letter no. 10 (document .007052fn; 210.007052–F6, p. 551, BRACERS 93471) with the date of 28 December 1916.
BR TO CONSTANCE MALLESON, [27 JAN. 1917]
BRACERS 19110. ALS. McMaster
Edited by S. Turcon. Reviewed by K. Blackwell
My Beloved —
I was very very glad to get your two little letters3 — I do wish I had not got into this utterly hateful mood — it makes me horrid to everyone and most of all to myself — But I don’t know how to get out of it. There is nothing to do but wait — a little sun and warmth would make a difference but that is not to be had.
I hate the world and almost all the people in it — I hate the Labour Congress,4 and the journalists who send men to be slaughtered, and the fathers who feel a smug pride when their sons are killed, and even the pacifists who keep saying human nature is essentially good, in spite of all the daily proofs to the contrary. I hate the planet and the human race — I am ashamed to belong to such a species — And what is the good of me in that mood? I might as well be dead. But I will get myself into a better mood — only it takes time.
B.
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[document] Document 200082.
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[date] The date assigned to this letter is from the date of the Labour Congress. However, the sentiments expressed are similar to those of “Why Do Men Persist in Living?” (3 in Papers 14), which has been dated as early January.
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your two little letters Not extant.
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Labour Congress Russell surely refers to the Labour Party Congress held in Manchester, 23–26 January 1917.
