Albert Einstein was not only the world's most famous scientist.
He also was sought after for his wisdom. In this letter, from 1950, Einstein writes to a grieving father whose son has died from Polio.
February 12, 1950
Dear Mr. Marcus:
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest â a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The striving to