Rudolf Carnap an W.V.O. Quine, 9. Dezember 1935 Dezember 1935

Thanks for your letter. Your invitation is extremely kind. Perhaps InaPCarnap, Ina (eig. Elisabeth Maria immacul[ata] Ignatia), 1904–1964, geb. Stöger, heiratete 1933 Rudolf Carnap will not come to Cambridge this time, but stay in N.Y.; Mrs. BroadwinPBroadwin, Lilian, verh. mit Samuel Broadwin wishes to have her there (we know them from Vienna). In this case I shall dare to come to you without being afraid to cause you to much trouble.

I do not know whether this letter will reach you before I shall come myself. I shall write once more from the steamer. I expect to take the earlier train, arriving at 3 p.m. at Boston (South Station). If it will be necessary because of the Institute in N.Y. to take the second train, I shall inform you, if necessary by telegramme.

Thanks for the fine programme projected. I agree perfectly. I shall like very much to have a discussion with young people. If possible, I prefer afternoons to evenings for discussion. But sightseeing is perhaps better delayed to the next time, because now time is so short. If possible, I prefer afternoons to evenings for discussion.1Bleistiftanmerkung am Rand meint wahrscheinlich, den Satz zu streichen. Richard Creath liest es so

Simultaneously I send you a MS “Testability and Reduction”B1935@„Testability and Reduction“ (RC 081-03-06), 1935. I intend to read it at Baltimore in the MeetingIMeeting der Eastern Division der American Philosophical Association, Baltimore, 1935. I should be very obliged to you if you kindly correct it. And then please let it be retyped at my expense, or at least those pages on which there are many corrections. Of course it is not necessary to bring it in a fine style; it need only to be correct and clearly comprehensible. I should not even wish an elegant style, because in German also I prefer a simple style to an elegant and rhetoric one. It would not even matter if it sounded a little awkward. The MSB1935@„Testability and Reduction“ (RC 081-03-06), 1935 need not be ready at my arrival, of course. I suppose that it will arrive not much time before myself.

We are in a chaos here, all things come in a store. 41 boxes with books are already away.

I am in a hurry, excuse the mistakes!

I am very happy to see you soon.

With best regards to you and NaomiPQuine, Naomi, 1907–1997, geb. Clayton, 1932–1947 verh. mit Willard Van Orman Quine, also from InaPCarnap, Ina (eig. Elisabeth Maria immacul[ata] Ignatia), 1904–1964, geb. Stöger, heiratete 1933 Rudolf Carnap‚