Albert Einstein ALS - no date (ca. 1933)...

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Albert Einstein ALS - no date (ca. 1933) Autograph letter signed ("Papa"), 2 pages (7 x 9 in.; 178 x 229 mm.), front and back, in German, [Princeton, New Jersey, ca. 1933], written to his son Eduard (nicknamed "Tetel" for petit). Usual folds with slight soiling and minor ink smudges. After fleeing Germany, Einstein writes about his life, work and place in the world. "Abroad I'm one of the most hated people. Even the Swiss newspapers have written ugly things about me. But I have kept my sense of humor..." Einstein writes in part: ...I haven't written any letters except business letters and otherwise following the inflexible scientific truth with a racing heart and little success...If you want to surrender your powers to the service of the goddess, be prepared for a hard and difficult life. And from the outside it looks like being lazy...Since our recent meeting, dreadful things have happened, friends have been scattered all over the world, stubborn reaction reigns supreme. Abroad I'm one of the most hated people. Even the Swiss newspapers have written ugly things about me. But I have kept my sense of humor and am writing limericks whenever I have the chance. People are like the sea, sometimes smooth and friendly, sometime stormy and treacherous. But after all, they are just water...Here it is quiet and pretty, a small university with professors who deem themselves very clever and students who play football and roar continuously. But things are better than I thought they would be...I wish you and mom all the best and a happy new year. Say hi to Albert and his family as well. Yours, Papa. A recently-arrived émigré with a price on his head in Germany, Einstein writes to his youngest son about settling into his new home at Princeton, New Jersey. In closing, Einstein adds that he hopes he can see his son in the spring, and that they might play music together. But Einstein would remain in Princeton for the rest of his life and he never again saw his "Tetel," who would remain with his wife in Zurich.