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EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. Typed card signed.
31 October 2023, 12:00 EDT
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EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.
Typed card signed. Card, 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in., typed on one side and signed in ink beneath, "A. Einstein," with original envelope postmarked June 16 [the "6" is unclear], 1953, and with Einstein's return address of 112 Mercer St., Princeton, N.J., plus a carbon copy of the letter to which Einstein's card was a response. The date "6-7-53" is written on the card at lower left in green pencil.
The letter-writer, Celia A. Neiman of New York City, a retired psychiatric social worker, asked Einstein, "What, in a scientific sense, could be the nature of human emotion?" with particular emphasis on the power of hatred. The great physicist gnomically replied, "Practice makes a master / Practice makes a hater / Practice makes one a friend towards people / It only depends that the creature is treated in such a way that it gets practice of the right sort."
The letter-writer, Celia A. Neiman of New York City, a retired psychiatric social worker, asked Einstein, "What, in a scientific sense, could be the nature of human emotion?" with particular emphasis on the power of hatred. The great physicist gnomically replied, "Practice makes a master / Practice makes a hater / Practice makes one a friend towards people / It only depends that the creature is treated in such a way that it gets practice of the right sort."





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