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Work Worthwhile: Why? 
Cara Soror, 
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 
Your remarks on my 0 = 2 letter are very apt and 
inspiriting-that 
is if I have rightly understood what you want 
to say. (Really, you know, they are a bit muddled-or I am!) 
May I frame your question, if it is a question, in my own 
terms? 
You say that I have advanced an invulnerable theory of the 
Universe in philosophical and mathematical language, and 
you suppose (underlined three times with two question 
marks) that one could, with a great effort, deduce therefrom 
perfectly good reasons for an unswerving contemplation of 
one's umbilicus, or the performance of strange dances and 
the vibration of mysterious names. But what are you to say 
(you enquire) to the ordinary Bloke-on-the-Boulevard, to the 
man of the world who has acquired a shrewd knowledge of 
Nature, but finds no rational guide to the conduct of life. He 
observes many unsatisfactory elements in the way things go, 
and for his own sake would like to "remould them nearer to 
the heart's desire," to refurbish the cliche of Fitzgerald about 
"this sorry scheme of things." He is not in the least interested 
in the learned exposition of 0 = 2. But he is aware that the 
A :. A:. professes a sound solution of the problem of 
conduct and would like to know if its programme can be 
justified in terms of Common Sense. 
As luck would have it, only a few weeks ago I was asked to 
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