C.O.R.S.O. Appeal
Sir, —At this time the following extract from the philosophy of Albert Einstein, 1 included in “Living Philosophies”, published in 1934, may prove of interest: “How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people—first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times each day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.” This is profoundly relevant when seeking aid for the needy in gifts of money and clothing to C.0.K.5.0. Yours, etc., T. H. McGHIE. June 18,1969.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32018, 19 June 1969, Page 16
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