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At times such as this, one realizes what a sorry species one belongs to. I am moving along quietly with my contemplations while experiencing a mixture of pity and revulsion.
To Paul Ehrenfest, August 19, 1914, at the onset of World War I. CPAE, Vol. 8, Doc. 34