December 23, 1938

Dear Solovine,

The misfortune which you describe concerning the French edition of the book is great. But I think that we should consider ourselves extremely fortunate if this were the worst that actually happens through human frailty. Let us then bow ungrudgingly to the inevitable.

France’s betrayal of Spain and Czechoslovakia is frightful. The worst part is that the consequences will be deplorable.*

In my scientific work I have come across a wonderful subject which I am studying enthusiastically with two young colleagues. It offers the possibility of destroying the statistical basis of physics, which I have always found intolerable. This extension of the general theory of relativity is of very great logical simplicity.

Warmest greetings to you,
Your         

A. Einstein

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*The copies arrived and look beautiful. Only the gods know when I shall find time to look more closely at the poor things.