boisterousness gets
out
of hand
to
such
an
extent that it drives
me
out of the
room,
but then I become
even more
the target of the two
imps' jokes.
Yes, maternal
authority
often
gets totally
subverted!!
[...]
Pauline Einstein
33. STATEMENT
OF
A
FINE
Zurich,
23/28 April 1897.
IMPOSITION
OF
FINE
No.
6619
As it has turned out that Albert Einstein, stud. math., born
1879,
from
Ulm, Wurttbg., residing
at
Hagi's,
Unionstrasse
4,
District
V,
has been
staying in
Zurich
since
28
January
1897
without having
delivered valid
identification documents,
therefore,
due to this violation of Art. 4 of the Order of the
City
Council concerning the delivery of documents and
administration
of the
control of residents of 30
May
1894,
a
fine of 10 fr. is imposed
on
Albert Einstein.
This
ruling
cannot be
appealed.
However, within 10
days,
counted
from the notification
on
the
decision,
the fined
person
can
request
a
court
adjudication
of the matter, which has
to
be done with the date
and signature
on
the
verso
of this Order. Failure to respond will be
taken
as
acceptance of the fine. (%1055 of the Zurich
Regulations
on
Criminal Procedure).
The fine must be
expeditiously paid
to
the cashier's office of
the Central Control Bureau. After 14
days
have
passed
without
response,
legal proceedings
will be
instituted,
and the fine might be
converted to
imprisonment
according to §1060 of the
Zurich Law
of
Criminal
Justice.
If valid identification
papers
are
not
deposited
within
a
further
10 days,
deportation
by the
police
will
ensue.
Chief of the Central Control Bureau:
"
Buhler
34.
TO
PAULINE WINTELER
Zurich,
Thursday
[May?
1897]
Dear
mommy!
I
am
writing
you
so soon
in order
to
cut short
an
inner
struggle
whose
outcome
is, in fact, already firmly settled in
my
mind: I cannot
come
to
visit
you
at Whitsuntide. It would be
more
than
unworthy
of
me
to buy
a
few days of bliss
at
the cost of
new
pain,
of
which
I
have
already caused much
too
much
to
the dear child through
my
fault.
It
fills
me
with
a
peculiar kind of
satisfaction
that
now
I
myself
have
to taste
some
of
the pain that I brought
upon
the dear
girl through
my
thoughtlessness and ignorance of her delicate
nature. Strenuous
intellectual
work and
looking
at
God's Nature
are
the
reconciling,
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