There's another story about Russell: a plane he was flying in made an unanticipated crash landing in the sea -- he was about 75 at the time -- and when they picked up the passengers and crew (as I recall everyone survived) in the lifeboat, Russell was completely pickled with the lifeboat brandy. "I was drunk as a Lord," he said to the press. "But then of couse I am one."
--- On Tue, 11/25/08, Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net> wrote:
> From: Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Deathbed conversion of Gramsci
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 6:51 PM
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:39:17 -0800 (PST)
> andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Bertrand Russell once said that he were faced
> > with a wrathful God at judgment day, he would say,
> > Lord, you did not give us enough evidence!
>
> He thought he could say that because God didn't
> come from as good a family as his.
>
> These self-made men -- so vulgar.
>
> --
>
> Michael Smith
> mjs at smithbowen.net
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