![]() ![]() He would forget the names of things, and have to refer to them in a circumlocutory way, saying, for instance, 'the implement that cultivates the soil' for plow. He used to refer to it as his 'naughty memory' when it let him down. Ralph Waldo Emerson: "In Emerson's later years his memory began increasingly to fail.(Banesh Hoffman, "My Friend, Albert Einstein." Reader's Digest, January 1968) Then, joining the children as they went from door to door, he accompanied their singing of 'Silent Night' on his violin." ![]() ![]() When he returned, he noticed their sickness and prepared an antidote. Einstein listened, then said, "Wait a moment." He put on his scarf and overcoat and took his violin from its case. An antidote is a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison. Having finished, they knocked on his door and explained they were collecting money to buy Christmas presents. In his first year in Princeton, on Christmas Eve, so the story goes, some children sang carols outside his house. antidote (to something) anything that takes away the effects of something unpleasant A Mediterranean cruise was the perfect antidote to a long cold winter. It is illustrated by my favorite anecdote about him. antidote Si le picó un alacrán, llévalo a la sala de emergencias para que le den el antídoto.If a scorpion bit him, take him to the ER to get the antidote. ![]() a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature. When it does occur, symptoms are sudden and severe. antídoto ( ahn - tee - doh - toh ) masculine noun 1. noun, plural an·ec·dotes or, for 2, an·ec·do·ta an-ik-doh-tuh. Albert Einstein: "There was something elusively whimsical about Einstein. Acute cyanide poisoning is relatively rare, and the majority of cases are from unintentional exposure. ![]()
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