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What advantage would someone have over me who knew a direct route from blue to yellow?
All right. I failed my Wittgenstein save. Let's try this again.
(I seem to have agreed to invent a Wittgenstein drink, although all I know is about it is that it must contain a maraschino cherry in honor of Carmen Miranda and cannot contain anything in honor of all the instant coffee he used to drink. I must research.)
c/o Rhees
96 Bryn Rd.
Swansea
8.9.45
Dear Norman,
You're terrific!—Thanks a lot for the mags. It's nice getting a parcel from you, not only because of its contents.
The one way in which the ending of Lend-Lease really hits me is by producing a shortage of detective mags in this country. I can only hope Lord Keynes will make this quite clear in Washington. For I say: if the U.S.A. won't give us detective mags we can't give them philosophy, & so America will be the loser in the end. See?—I'm still in Swansea & enjoying my absence from Cambridge. My work isn't going well; partly because I've contracted some trouble with one of my kidneys. Nothing serious, but it makes me jumpy & bad tempered. (I've always got some excuse.)—The other day I read Johnson's 'Life of Pope' & liked it very much. As soon as I get to Cambridge I'm going to send you a little book 'Prayers & Meditations' by Johnson. You may not like it at all,—on the other hand you may. I do.
This is all for now. Most of this page & the next page I will leave free in case you want to make any notes. I hope to see you before very long! Good luck! Thanks again!
Affectionately,
Ludwig
. . . I am going to read my magazines.
(I seem to have agreed to invent a Wittgenstein drink, although all I know is about it is that it must contain a maraschino cherry in honor of Carmen Miranda and cannot contain anything in honor of all the instant coffee he used to drink. I must research.)
c/o Rhees
96 Bryn Rd.
Swansea
8.9.45
Dear Norman,
You're terrific!—Thanks a lot for the mags. It's nice getting a parcel from you, not only because of its contents.
The one way in which the ending of Lend-Lease really hits me is by producing a shortage of detective mags in this country. I can only hope Lord Keynes will make this quite clear in Washington. For I say: if the U.S.A. won't give us detective mags we can't give them philosophy, & so America will be the loser in the end. See?—I'm still in Swansea & enjoying my absence from Cambridge. My work isn't going well; partly because I've contracted some trouble with one of my kidneys. Nothing serious, but it makes me jumpy & bad tempered. (I've always got some excuse.)—The other day I read Johnson's 'Life of Pope' & liked it very much. As soon as I get to Cambridge I'm going to send you a little book 'Prayers & Meditations' by Johnson. You may not like it at all,—on the other hand you may. I do.
This is all for now. Most of this page & the next page I will leave free in case you want to make any notes. I hope to see you before very long! Good luck! Thanks again!
Affectionately,
Ludwig
. . . I am going to read my magazines.
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I'm sorry for the failed save. I wish you luck with the drink concocting.
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Sometimes people send you magazines.
I'm sorry for the failed save. I wish you luck with the drink concocting.
Thank you. It would help if I knew more about the actual theory and practice of mixed drinks . . .
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Indeed.
Thank you. It would help if I knew more about the actual theory and practice of mixed drinks . . .
You're welcome. I wish I knew more about it, myself. I'm drinking a Stone Fence right now, myself--a glass of cider with 3/4 ounce of whisky mixed in.
I'm still deciding what I think of it.
The cider is a bottle of Magner's AKA Bulmer's which I unearthed from the pantry and which is probably there some few years, and the whisky is from a bottle of Chivas blended Scotch that someone gave my father ages ago. I should probably try this again sometime with a different cider and a different spirit.