Bertrand Russell, one of the great intellectuals of his (and any) generation, wrote this letter at the beginning of 1962 to Sir Oswald Mosley, founder of the British Union of Fascists. Russell was 89 years old.
"I feel obliged to say that the emotional universes we inhabit are so distinct, and in deepest ways opposed, that nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us."
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Eloquent until the end...
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