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title: Einstein's Letter to Marie Curie (1911)
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url: http://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol8-trans/34
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author: anacleto
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[Source](http://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol8-trans/34 "Permalink to
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Volume 8: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, 1914-1918 (English translation supplement) page 6 ")
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Volume 8: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, 1914-1918 (English translation supplement) page 6
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## Volume 8: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, 1914-1918 (English translation supplement) Page 6 (34 of 742)
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[ ][2] [ ][3]
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6
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DOCS.
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FOR
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VOL.
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5
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NOVEMBER 1911-MARCH
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1912
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Vol.
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5,
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312a. To Marie Curie
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Prague, 23
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November
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1911
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Highly
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esteemed
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Mrs.
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Curie,[1]
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Do not
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laugh
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at
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me
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for
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writing you
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without
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having
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anything
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sensible
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to
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say.
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But
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I
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am so
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enraged by
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the
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base
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manner
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in which
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the
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public is
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presently
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daring to
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concern
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itself with
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you[2]
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that
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I
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absolutely
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must
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give
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vent to
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this
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feeling. However,
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I
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am
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convinced
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that
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you consistently despise
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this
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rabble,
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whether it
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obsequiously
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lavishes
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respect
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on
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you
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or
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whether it
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attempts to
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satiate
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its
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lust
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for sensationalism!
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I
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am
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impelled
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to
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tell
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you
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how
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much I have
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come
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to admire
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your intellect, your
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drive,
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and
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your honesty,
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and
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that
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I
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consider
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myself lucky
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to have
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made
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your
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personal acquaintance
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in Brussels.
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Anyone
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who does not number
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among
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these
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reptiles
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is certainly
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happy,
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now as
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before,
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that
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we
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have such
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personages among
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us
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as you,
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and
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Langevin[3]
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too,
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real
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people
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with whom
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one
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feels
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privileged
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to be in
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contact. If
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the rabble
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continues to
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occupy
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itself with
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you,
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then
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simply
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don't
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read
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that
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hogwash,
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but rather
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leave
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it
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to
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the
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reptile
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for whom it has been
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fabricated.
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With
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most
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amicable
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regards
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to
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you, Langevin,
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and
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Perrin,[4]
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yours very truly,
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A.
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Einstein
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P.S. I have
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determined the statistical
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law of
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motion
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of
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the
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diatomic
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molecule
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in Planck's
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radiation
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field
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by
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means
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of
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a
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comical
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witticism,
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naturally
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under the
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constraint
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that the structure's motion
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follows
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the
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laws of
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standard
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mechanics.
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My hope
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that
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this
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law is
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valid in
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reality
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is
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very
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small,
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though.[5]
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Vol.
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5,
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375a. From Walther Nernst[1]
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Berlin,
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26a Am
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Karlsbad, 23
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March
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[1912][2]
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Esteemed
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Professor
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Einstein,
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With
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these lines
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I just
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want to
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express my joy
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at
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the
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prospect
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of
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arriving
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at
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agreement
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in
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an
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oral
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discussion,
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at
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which
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the
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presence
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of
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our
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colleague
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Planck[3]
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is naturally
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not
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only extremely
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welcome
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but could make mine almost
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superfluous.
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Nor do
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I
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want
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to address
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today
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your
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view
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that
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publications
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could do
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no
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harm
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because
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one
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does not have to read
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them[4]-I
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do
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think, though,
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that
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such
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an
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attitude,
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if it
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were
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prevalent,
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would
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hamper
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the
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steady
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development
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of physics–
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rather,
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only
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to
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express again my delight
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that
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I
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can
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welcome
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you
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here
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soon.
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I
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shall
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