then
I
haven't learned anything. But,
as
I
said, I
am
not
put
out,
otherwise
I
certainly would already have poured out
my
heart
to
you,
you
dear, good
soul,
the
way
I got
accustomed to
a
long
time
ago.
Now, I'll also tell
you
why I have
so
much to do. All the time I
am
performing
the duties of
a
cicerone.
For
Prof. Winteler, to whom
of
course
I must devote
myself
a
great deal,
is
now
here for the
Easter vacation. He is
an
old village school
principal,
regardless of
what he
says,
but intelligent all the
same,
and above all
unprejudiced.
He
ignores
the "casus
belli,"
saying, girl
matters.....
private
matters, and
prefers
to talk with
me
about other
things.
I
must
provide
similar services also
to
a
couple of ladies who
are
visiting
with Mrs. Ansbacher. They
say,
correctly:"Albert
has
time,
after
all...
he is also
a
good fellow."
Maya
is
now
also
here, and
is
very
venomous
toward
me.
To think
that
girlish unselfishness is
so
alien to her! In contrast, how good
you
are,
my
dear, faithful
girl!
Therefore,
we
will make
our
little
summer
trip together
for
sure,
even
if
we
have to steal the funds for
it. Just keep the
money
I
gave you, you are
the best safekeeper.
Also,
nobody needs
to
know that
you
have something of mine.
I
am
very
glad that
you
like
so
much to be
at
Miss
Engelbrecht's
again. She is also
one
of the few who
deserve to be called human, she
is
a
capable
person.
Now it's again
your
special
turn, love. Be
kissed,
hugged, and
loved,
the
way your
faithfulness deserves it. I think
so
often about
it
every
day.
Dear Miezchen is
now
working hard again,
but in the
evening
I
think,
now
she thinks of
me
with
love,
and kisses her
pillow
in the bed.
I
know how it's done!
A
tender
greeting
from
your
Albert
98.
TO
HEIKE
KAMERLINGH ONNES
Milan,
12
April
1901
Esteemed Herr Professor!
I have learned
through
a
friend from college that
you
have
a
vacancy
for
an
assistant. I
am
taking
the
liberty
of
applying
for that
position.
I
studied
at
the department for mathematics and
physics
of
the
Zurich
Polytechnikum
for
4
years,
specializing
in physics.
I
obtained there
my
diploma
last
summer.
Of
course,
I will make
my
grade
transcripts
available to
you
with
pleasure.
I
have the honor
to
submit to
you
by the
same
a
reprint
of
my
article that has appeared recently in Annalen der
Physik.
Respectfully,
Albert Einstein
99.
HERMANN
EINSTEIN
TO WILHELM OSTWALD
Milan,
13
April
1901
Esteemed Herr Professor!
Please forgive
a
father who is
so
bold
as
to turn to
you,
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