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76 Storey's Way, Cambridge. - Improvement due to radiotherapy; very weak; biography of Rommel by Desmond Young; glad von Wright proposed Malcolm [for the Philosophy Chair at Cambridge]; has seen reviews of a book by Toulmin and one containing articles by Wisdom, Waismann, Ryle, and 'other charlatans', saw a remark of Waismann that came straight out of his own lectures.

John Wisdom and the existence of God: Berwick St James, Salisbury

Trinity College, Cambridge. - Would be glad to receive detective magazines; has been feeling 'rotten' most of the summer; Malcolm will be able to do decent work in teaching philosophy 'only by a miracle'; has not heard from Smythies; sees Skinner regularly but Wisdom not at all.

Describes his difficulty in focusing on work, finds analysis painful, has distanced himself from his family except for Frances [Whyte]; is going to hear Solomon [Cutner] in his American debut, [Artur] Schnabel has cancelled concerts due to illness, is going to three performances of the New York Philharmonic conducted by [Bruno] Walter including one featuring [Clifford] Curzon, and two ballets featuring [Alexandra] Danilova and [Alicia] Markova; the best thing he has seen is Marcel Pagnol's film 'Marius', which has the texture of a novel; asks for details of his psychiatrist; asks about friends there, news of Dave Calhoun and Tony, glad to hear Mr Wisdom is looking good.

'Radzinovitch?', 'Prof. J. Rotblat', 'David Shoenberg', 'George Trevelyan', 'Prof. Wisdom', 'Vicky Weisskopf', 'Dennis Wilkinson'.