BR TO GILBERT MURRAY, 11 JUNE 1911
BRACERS 52347. ALS. Murray papers, Bodleian. Auto. 1: 215
Edited by W. Bruneau. Proofread by A.G. Bone

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Trinity College,
Cambridge.1
June 11. 1911

My dear Gilbert

Thank you very much indeed for your kind letter. The decision2 as you know, is not sudden or hasty; and though the present is painful, I feel no doubt that both will in the long run be happier.

It is true that I have seen less of you than formerly — I wish it were not. But business and work seem to overwhelm one more and more — during the time I lived at Oxford I never could shake off work except by going away. I suppose that is the essence of middle age. But I do not find, on that account, that my affections grow less — it is only the outward show that suffers.

Please give my love to Mary.

Yours ever
Bertrand Russell.

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  [document] Proofread against a photocopy of the original letter.

• 2

  The decision To leave Alys. (BR’s note.)