STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Department of Genetics

Dear Dr. Arlow

This allusion to Einstein (see attached) as e culture-hero and ezo-ideal

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quite fascinated me, for reasons that you might guess, namely autobiographi-
cal. I would be grateful if you could share, with me, the text of your com-
plete paper. I assume that you would plece equel emphasis on the guiding in-

fluence of shaping images, like Einstein's (as much as myths, of course, as
resl persohalitiee) in development apart from psychopathology; it would in-
terest me if you could suggest further Litersture on the mpybh-figures of

* contemporary life. It is fairly obvious that here is a potentially powerful

method of investigating cultural change, and I essume that a certain amount
of statistics has been collected alone these lines, but I am not aware of
it. If you have a reprint of your 1961 paper, it would be a favor if you
could furnish it; I will also search for ref. 10 in the area libraries.

As dubious recompense I will exhibit some samples of my own writings, over
a span of years,that may document whet I mentien above -- but I trust you will
accept the "unpublished mansucript" as a personal and confidential communica-

tion.

Will you be at the APA meetings at Honolulu in May? I(am scheduled to
sit on a panel on genetics, and)will scan the program to see if you are

possibly giving e paper on this fascinating theme.

*though I see you reinforce Mergeret Mead's
co- and pre-figurative modefling today,

Sincerely,

wJoshue Lederberg, Ph.D.

rrofessor of Genetics

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