Auction Date:2011 Feb 09 @ 19:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, trimmed in size to 6.75 x 7.25, blind-embossed personal letterhead, November 15, 1950. Einstein replies to Soviet refugee and writer Herschel Weinrauch regarding Weinrauch’s manuscript, eventually published in 1954 under the title Adamism: The Mid-Point of Philosophy, Ideology, Politic and Religion for Today and Tomorrow. Einstein begins gently and then offers a rather strong critique. In full: “I have read your manuscript ‘Adamism.’ On the whole your point of view seems to me essentially sound and near the wisdom of our Jewish Tradition. Of course, you are simplifying the subject very much being unduly optimistic about the inherited emotional trends in human nature and also in the economic field. Furthermore, you are undoubtedly biased by your experiences in your former country and by an exaggerated optimism with respect to the ‘American Way of Life.’ But you seem to be a kind person striving for humane understanding of the human situation. I am returning to you your manuscrpit [sic] with my thanks and best wishes.” Double cloth matted with a photo to an overall size of 16.5 x 11.5. Trimming as noted, with a few light creases and wrinkles, tiny marginal tape remnant and toning along extreme right edge, an extra mailing fold, and a small unobtrusive hole at top edge, otherwise fine condition. Einstein may well be referring to McCarthyism when he mentions Weinrauch’s “exaggerated optimism” regarding the “American Way of Life.” A very vocal critic of McCarthyism, Einstein was never officially called before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, but he did play a role in its hearings. His open stand against McCarthy earned him respect among much of the public, but it also earned him greater scrutiny and considerably fattened Hoover’s FBI file on Einstein.
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