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...the Physicist Cannot Simply Surrender To The Philosopher The Critical Contemplation Of The Theoretical Foundations; For, He Himself Knows Best, And Feels More Surely Where The Shoe Pinches...physical Conceptions Are Free Creations Of The Human Mind, And Are Not, However It May Seem, Uniquely Determined By The External World.

When The Nazis Came To Power, I Looked To The Universities That Prided Themselves Upon Their Intellectual Freedom, And They Failed Me. I Looked To The German Press, Which Prided Itself On The Freedom Of The Press, And It Failed Me. Until At Last The Churches Stood Alone, And That For Which I Once Had Little Regard Earned My Respect.

But Could Not Our Situation Be Compared To One Of A Menacing Epidemic? People Are Unable To View This Situation In Its True Light, For Their Eyes Are Blinded By Passion. General Fear And Anxiety Create Hatred And Aggressiveness. The Adaptation To Warlike Aims And Activities Has Corrupted The Mentality Of Man; As A Result, Intelligent, Objective And Humane Thinking Has Hardly Any Effect And Is Even Suspected And Persecuted As Unpatriotic.

If You Want To Know The Future, Look At The Past.

Concern For Man And His Fate Must Always Form The Chief Interest Of All Technical Endeavors. Never Forget This In The Midst Of Your Diagrams And Equations.