George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Taken from The Century in Sound CD
By permission of the British Library National Sound Archive

Recorded 1930
02:13 [edited extract]

In this rare recording two of the great figures of the 20th century can be heard together. At a dinner held in London George Bernard Shaw proposed a toast to Albert Einstein. We hear an extract from Shaw's often witty speech. Then Einstein replies in German, saying:

"Dear assembly
I do not find it easy to overcome the tendency to live a life of silent contemplation. But I must not evade the call of the societies however much and often, for it is, so to speak, at the same time the call of our sorely tried Jewish people that I have heeded."


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