Autograph letter signed : [London], to "Alicia," [1965 Dec. 24].

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Autograph letter signed : [London], to "Alicia," [1965 Dec. 24].

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Continuing the discussion of his suggestion, in an earlier letter, to create a cabinet level Department of Nonsense; saying that whole sections of the Department of Defense could be "shifted to the Department of Nonsense.... This should not seem unusual since war itself is probably the most unqualifiedly absurd activity in which our species indulges;" discussing the anti-war protests against the Vietnam War and the issue of the draft and the burning of draft cards; saying "I have always been an anarchist. I don't like any government of any kind and I only accept what I have to because it makes me safer and more comfortable. But that doesn't make me any less rebellious."

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