TLS signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal letterhead, May 8, 1954. Letter to Margaret Brackenbury. In part: “I thank you very much for your kind letter and for the Holy Book you sent me. Doubting that I am as good as you believe I am.” Heavy intersecting folds (none affecting signature), otherwise fine condition. An especially interesting letter considering Einstein’s views on religions—four months earlier, he had written to philosopher Erik Gutkind after reading his book Choose Life: The Biblical Call to Revolt, saying, ‘The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.’ Despite his rejection of the personal God and Bible, Einstein described his views as agnostic rather than atheistic, writing, ‘If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.’ Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA.
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