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  commingled and distributed Ibid.: 130.

  Do I fear the tyranny Ibid.: 120.

  the authority of the General Assembly Pais, Einstein Lived Here: 234.

  it might not be altogether illogical Nathan and Norden, eds: 231.

  If we hold fast to the concept Einstein, Ideas and Opinions: 146.

  The reactionary politicians Ibid.: 33–4.

  the greatest political genius Einstein, The Ultimate Quotable Einstein: 124–5.

  anyone who gives advice like Einstein’s Pais, Einstein Lived Here: 238.

  That’s the same advice Jerome: 240.

  a disloyal American Ibid.

  Commander Locker-Lampson offers 14 June 1953, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 41–214.

  In your issue of June 13 New York Times, 26 June 1953.

  All the intellectuals in this country 28 June 1953, in Russell, Autobiography, vol. 3: 59.

  In common with every other thinking person 11 Feb. 1955, in Nathan and Norden, eds: 623–4.

  twelve persons whose scientific attainments 16 Feb. 1955, in ibid.: 625–6.

  There lies before us, if we choose Robinson, Einstein: 206.

  is as valid today as it was then Ibid.

  if I knew that I should have to die Infeld: 294.

  EPILOGUE | AN OLD GYPSY IN A QUAINT AND CEREMONIOUS VILLAGE

  Princeton is a wonderful little spot 20 Nov. 1933, in Clark: 643.

  His face was contemplatively tragic ‘Einstein’s Last Interview’, in Robinson, Einstein: 212–13.

  the happiest thought Miller: 217.

  That, alas, is vanity ‘Einstein’s Last Interview’, in Robinson, Einstein: 215.

  It is like childishness Ibid.: 221.

  I never saw in him any trace Preface to Nathan and Norden, eds: xiv.

  As with many other major breakthroughs Janssen and Renn: 300.

  Einstein said most emphatically ‘Einstein’s Last Interview’, in Robinson, Einstein: 217.

  weakness Ibid.: 221.

  Einstein apparently had little feeling Ibid.: 221.

  Yes, he liked England Snow: 87.

  the holy brotherhood in tails 2/3 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  Einstein chortled Snow: 87.

  If Einstein dislikes his fame Infeld: 293.

  I must tell you quite frankly 3 Apr. 1932, in Fölsing: 647–8.

  One has to guard against 23 Dec. 1950, in Seelig: 40.

  We might almost believe that we are in Oxford Vallentin: 170–1.

  The copy was supposed to be exact Infeld: 243–4.

  The atmosphere of Princeton is exemplary Pritchett: 568.

  eminently wise Letter to Elsa Einstein, ?22 July 1933, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 143–250.

  As a theoretical physicist Einstein stands alone Daily Telegraph, 22 Apr. 1955.

  a thorough-going Englishman Born and Einstein: 112.

  There has been a nasty mess Ibid.: 111.

  strongest human bond Rosenkranz, Einstein before Israel: 273.

  Remoteness, a relative absence Letter to Anthony Storr, 29 Sept. 1978, in Berlin: 84.

  slight overacting Mendelssohn: 174. I have slightly rephrased the original for grammatical reasons but not altered its sense.

  I shall leave England for America Eastern Daily Press, 4 Oct. 1933.

  To Bohr one and only one place Pais, Einstein Lived Here: 39.

  If I had to characterise Ibid.: 55.

  Nothing really at any period of my life Andrew Robinson, Genius: 77.

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