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EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. Autograph Letter Signed ("A. Einstein"), in German, 1 p, 4to, N.p., December 26, 1953, to Gertrud Warschauer, blue ink on a folded sheet.
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EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.
Autograph Letter Signed ("A. Einstein"), in German, 1 p, 4to, N.p., December 26, 1953, to Gertrud Warschauer, blue ink on a folded sheet.
An insightful Einstein letter to his friend Gertrud Warschauer. He comments on the political situation in the United States: "Your England has gained so much since it is not so mighty anymore. This one [i.e. the United States] could use such a damper as well, but for now it's not in sight and God's mills still appear to grind slowly." Einstein also notes that "Age produces something in the brain that feels like a cobwebs," and remarks that Goethe's writing "makes me feel peculiar: most of it appears outright prim and so strangely delicate. Could it be the desire to keep apart from the crude masses?"
An insightful Einstein letter to his friend Gertrud Warschauer. He comments on the political situation in the United States: "Your England has gained so much since it is not so mighty anymore. This one [i.e. the United States] could use such a damper as well, but for now it's not in sight and God's mills still appear to grind slowly." Einstein also notes that "Age produces something in the brain that feels like a cobwebs," and remarks that Goethe's writing "makes me feel peculiar: most of it appears outright prim and so strangely delicate. Could it be the desire to keep apart from the crude masses?"



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