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person and an intellect I fall far behind the image that you have of me. But what of
it? There have to be people to serve as bearers of others’ illusions, such have I be-
come, peculiarly enough. As long as one is clearly aware of this situation, no harm
is done by it.
The various
attacks[3]
do not burden me, I even understand them. They are a nat-
ural reaction to the excessive adulation, which helps to some extent in restoring the
natural balance.
In the hope of soon meeting you again, with friendly greetings and all due re-
spect, yours,
A. Einstein.
206. From Marcel Grossmann
[Zurich, 20 November
1920][1]
Dear Albert,
Many thanks for your postcard. I received your letter about Guillaume’s
work[2]
and forwarded it at the time and know from Prof. Guye, whom I met recently, that
your notice is going to appear soon in the
Archives.[3]
I, for my part, added a short
math. statement that attempts to grasp the math. nonsense, as it is very much more
overt than the physics, where everything is obscure shades of
gray.[4]
With kd. regards from all of us to all of you, yours,
M. Grossmann
207. Augustus Trowbridge to Heike Kamerlingh
Onnes[1]
[Washington, 22 November 1920]
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