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21st February 1952.
Dear Dr. Segal:
I find I want to say something to you as a result of last night's meeting1 and I hope you are feeling strong enough; if not, you had better postpone reading this letter until a suitable moment turns up.
… I know perfectly well that you are capable of being as humble as anyone else at the right moment, but I think you cannot have any idea how much antagonism you rouse against yourself when you get up at a meeting and say that you are amazed to find that your colleagues (junior of course) have shown that they are capable of doing quite a good piece of analysis and reporting their findings in English which can be understood, etc. etc. I do think that just at times for a few minutes you are tremendously cocksure