![EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein") to Ruth Daman, Princeton, n.d. [With:] EINSTEIN, Margot (1899-1986) Autograph note signed on the bottom of the same letter, [Princeton], 23 January 1947.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/NYR/2018_NYR_16082_0184_000(einstein_albert_autograph_letter_signed_to_ruth_daman_princeton_nd_wit033202).jpg?w=1)
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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein") to Ruth Daman, Princeton, n.d. [With:] EINSTEIN, Margot (1899-1986) Autograph note signed on the bottom of the same letter, [Princeton], 23 January 1947.
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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein") to Ruth Daman, Princeton, n.d. [With:] EINSTEIN, Margot (1899-1986) Autograph note signed on the bottom of the same letter, [Princeton], 23 January 1947.
In German, one page, 278 x 215mm on Einstein's embossed stationery (mailing creases).
Albert Einstein cracks a joking reference to the “atomic bombe”. Einstein writes to thank Ms. Daman for a gift, adding that It “represents in fact the latest triumph of technical thinking, and this most recent manifestation has the advantage over the previous one, the atomic bomb, a certain harmlessness. On a personal level it holds my mission up in front of me, to keep myself conscientiously to the feeding bowl, so as not kick the bucket ahead of time. This also corresponds with the diagnosis of the Doctors Bucky, senior and junior, which has been confirmed from experience through my recently eroded belly and the corresponding increase in vitality"
In German, one page, 278 x 215mm on Einstein's embossed stationery (mailing creases).
Albert Einstein cracks a joking reference to the “atomic bombe”. Einstein writes to thank Ms. Daman for a gift, adding that It “represents in fact the latest triumph of technical thinking, and this most recent manifestation has the advantage over the previous one, the atomic bomb, a certain harmlessness. On a personal level it holds my mission up in front of me, to keep myself conscientiously to the feeding bowl, so as not kick the bucket ahead of time. This also corresponds with the diagnosis of the Doctors Bucky, senior and junior, which has been confirmed from experience through my recently eroded belly and the corresponding increase in vitality"