DOCS. 24-27
SEPTEMBER
1904-MAY
1905 19
24.
From the
Swiss
Patent
Office
Bern,
[20]
September 1904[1]
Mr.
Albert
Einstein,
Bern
Est.
Sir:
This
is
to advise
you
that
in
accordance
with its decision
of
16 September
of the
current
year,
the Federal
Council has
confirmed
you definitively
as
Technical
Expert,
Third
Class,
at
the Federal Patent
Office,
and has
set
your salary
at 3900
francs
as
of
1
September
1904.[2]
Res.
Offic.
25.
To
Conrad Habicht
[Bern]
Monday
[6
March
1905]
Dear
Habicht,
Don't
forget
Bern
and
the
academy,
and be
sure
to
come
and
see
us.[1]
Your
Einstein
26.
To
Conrad Habicht
[Bern] Monday
[6
March
1905]
Dear
Habicht,
This
is to
beseech,
warn,
and order
you
to
attend
some
of
the
academic
sessions
of
our
estimable
academy[1]
and
to increase,
at the
same
time,
the current
membership
of
same
by
50%.[2]
Kindest
regards
to
your
esteemed
family, especially
the
indefatigable
brother.
Your
A.E.
27.
To
Conrad Habicht
Bern,
Thursday
[18
or
25
May
1905][1]
Dear
Habicht,
Such
a
solemn air
of silence has
descended between
us
that
I
almost
feel
as
if
I
am
committing a sacrilege
when I
break
it
now
with
some
inconsequential
babble. But
is
this not
always
the
fate of
the exalted
ones
of
this
world?
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