TCD MS 11274/58 folio 3 recto
[February 1917]
to be a splendid child. I was very much interested and his interest in this matter is very great. I havent found out very much about the way of bringing up very young children which he has such great faith in but it seems to be based on common sense a great deal. I will find out a lot more. The matter of the adopted child is of great interest Every way for LS holds & probably rightly that it will grow up very much more in comformity with its Environment than with its inherited instincts. Apparently in this latter it has very poor hopes as the parents (if both Known) were undesirable very. Now do you think you could find out from Joe much about the Russian man Rasputin Joe might Know or be in