DOCS. 491-493
DECEMBER
913 369
491.
To
Rosa Bandi-Winteler
[Zurich,] 7
December
1913
Esteemed
Rosa,
I
am
terribly
sorry
that
you are now having
business
troubles
again.[1]
It should
go
without
saying
that
I will do
whatever
possible
to be
of
service
to
you.
I
am
also
ready
to
go
in
person
myself
wherever
you
consider
it useful. I
am
also
ready
to
consult about
contracts
and
other
such
things
as an
uninvolved
third
party.
If
you
wish to ask
me
something
in
person,
please
come
to
the
Institute,[2]
so as
not
to
provide
food
for the
maldicenza[3]
of
our
fellow
humans.[4]
With
warmest
greetings, your
Albert Einstein
492.
To
Erwin Freundlich
[Zurich,]
7
December
1913
Dear
Mr.
Freundlich,
After
the
receipt
of
your
last letter, I
immediately
wrote to
Planck,
who
applied
himself
seriously
to
the
matter
and took
it
upon
himself
to
talk about the
matter with
Schwarzschild.[1]
I shall
not write to Struve.[2]
If
the
Academy
shies
away
from
it,
then
we
will
get
that
little bit of
mammon
from
private
individuals.
Immediately
after
the
Academy
has rendered
a
negative decision,
with
Haber's
help
I will
pump
Mr.
Koppel,[3]
who
gave
the
money
for
my
academician's
salary.[4]
Should
everything
fail,
then
I will
pay
for
the
thing
myself
out
of
the
little bit
that
I have
saved,
at
least the
first
2,000
M.
So,
after careful
consideration,
just
go
ahead
and
order
the
plates,
and
do not
let the
time be
squandered
because of
the
money
problem.
With warmest
greetings, your
Einstein
493.
To
the
Prussian
Academy
of Sciences
Zurich, 7
December
1913
To the
Royal
Prussian
Academy
of
Sciences:
I
thank
you
most
sincerely
for
having
elected
me a
regular
member of
your
organization,[1]
and
declare herewith that
I
accept
this
election.[2] I
am
no
less
grateful
to
you
for
offering
me a
post
in
your
midst
in
which
I
can
devote
myself
to scientific
work
free of
any
professional
obligations.[3]
When
I
reflect
upon
the
fact
that each
working day
demonstrates
to
me
the
weakness of
my
thinking,
then
I
can
only
accept
the