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1913
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through
the ranks of
our colleagues
when
the
paper appears,
which will
take
place
in
a
few
weeks.[2]
Naturally,
I
will then
send
you
a
reprint
immediately.
The conviction to
which I
slowly
forced
my
way
through
is
that
privileged
coordinate
systems
do
not exist at
all.
However, I
succeeded
only
partly
in
working my way
through to
this
position
formally
as
well.
The
thing
with
the double
stars
is
very
nice,[3]
provided
that
the line shifts
are
really
measured
accurately enough to
verify
to
some
extent the
Keplerian
motion.
One of
the
Dutch
women[4]
now
staying
with
us
tells
me
that
you
would like to
come
here.[5]
You
are
cordially
invited to
stay
at
my house;[6] you
would
make
me very
happy
by doing
so,
especially
because
you
would
prove
thereby
that
you
are
not
angry
with
me
because of
my
almost
eternal
silence.
With cordial
greetings
to
you,
your family
&
Prof.
Lorentz,
your
Einstein
442.
To
the Director's
Office,
Technikum Winterthur
Zurich,
Inst. of the Fed.
Polytechnical Institutes,
29
May
1913
To the Director's
Office
of the Technikum
in Winterthur
Highly
esteemed
Director:[1]
My
friend
Gasser[2]
tells
me
that
you are
about
to
hire
a
substitute for
a
teacher
of
physics
and
mathematics, and
that
Mr.
C.
Habicht
from
Schaffhausen
(at
the
moment
at
the
Gymnasium
in
Schiers)
is
being
considered for
this
position.[3]
Mr.
Gasser
wrote
me
also
that
you
would
appreciate
a
recommendation
for
the above-mentioned
gentleman;
please
excuse
me,
therefore,
for
sending
you
this
recommendation without
having
been
asked
by you directly.
I know Mr.
Habicht
personally,
and
consider
him
an
uncommonly intelligent
man
with
a
thorough
knowledge
of
physics
and
mathematics.
I
once
had the
opportunity to
sit in
on
one
of
his classes
in
Schiers,[4]
on
which occasion I
came
to know him
as a
capable
teacher. In
addition,
the
director of the
Gymnasium
in Schiers
spoke to
me
about
Mr.
Habicht
in
terms
very
favorable in
every
respect.
In
sum, I
can
only
state
my
conviction
that
you
would make
a good
choice with him.
Respectfully,
A.
Einstein