Unpublished Opening Lecture for the Course on the Theory of Relativity in Argentina,

1925

Albert Einstein

Translated by Alejandro Gangui and Eduardo L. Ortiz

Honorable Rector, Honorable Professors, and Students of this University: In these times of
political and economic struggle and nationalistic fragmentation, it is a particular joy for me to
see people assembling here to give their attention exclusively1 to the highest values that are
common to us all. I am glad to be in this blessed land before a small circle of people who are
interested in topics of science to speak on those issues that, in essence, are the subject of my
own meditations.