EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Typed Letter Signed, "A. Einstein," to Fred Reid, in English, responding to Reid's socialist essay on the conflict between the principle of a right to life in the Declaration of Independence and the role of the govern-ment. 1 page,

EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Typed Letter Signed, "A. Einstein," to Fred Reid, in English, responding to Reid's socialist essay on the conflict between the principle of a right to life in the Declaration of Independence and the role of the govern-ment. 1 page, single 4to sheet, personal stationery; usual folds. Princeton, 10 July 1954 E12,000/18,000 IN FULL: "I think that your interpretation is the right one. However, what the 18th century had not yet grasped was that security has to be paid for with partial loss of freedom and that theachievement of economic security presupposes the solu-tion of difficult organisational [sic] and educational problems. One has to recognize clearly the difficulties to be justified to stand on Jefferson's principles." WITH-Typed Letter Signed by Eleanor Rooseveltto Reid, a brief response to the same essay. 1 page, single 8vo sheet.Hyde Park, 10 July 1954 * A Signed copy of Reid's essay, titled The Right to Life, and a copy of the April 1943 The Northwest Technocrat which contains an essay on a similar subject by Reid.