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[The] economist Oskar Morgenstern, who had known Gödel back in Vienna, confided in a letter: “Einstein had often told me that in the late years of his life he has continually sought Gödel’s company, in order to have discussions with him. Once he said to me that his own work no longer meant much, that he came to the Institute merely um das Privileg zu haben, mit Gödel zu Fuss nach Hause gehen zu dürfen,” that is, in order to have the privilege of walking home with Gödel.