DOCS.
309,
310
MARCH
1917
299
unnecessarily
to
the
unavoidable
hardships.
I
have
already
written
you,
of
course,
how
I
imagine
it.
I
believe
that Albert
is
mature
enough
for
me
to be able to be
a
good
teacher
and
companion
to him for
a
few
years.[9]
The
little
one
should be
cared for in
a
suitable climate
as soon as
you
consider
it
appropriate.
But
who
should
take
him there? Shouldn’t
I
come,
and
go
with him to
the
place
and
stay
there
a
while
so
that the
boy
does not
feel
so
abandoned?
I
shall do
everything
you
consider
proper
or
desirable and
can
always
arrange
it. These
responsibilities
now
have
priority
over
all others.
I
shall take
care
that Albert
is
not
spoiled here,
just
as
I
also
always
have
kept myself
independent
of
the
mentality
of
others.
I
have
come
to
know
the
mutability
of all human
relationships
and have learned how
to
insulate
myself
against
heat and
cold,
so
the
temperature is
quite steadily
balanced.
Especially
in
these times of
general excitability,
one never
knows what
the
next
day
will
bring, especially
when one’s
own
judgment
and values contrast
so
terribly
with
those of
the
surroundings.
Cordial
greetings,
yours,
Einstein.
310. To
Heinrich
Zangger
[Berlin,
after
10
March
1917][1]
Dear
Zangger,
The
day
before
yesterday
I
got
a
scientific
letter
from
my
old friend Fritz
Adler.[2]
You
surely
know what the
man
has
perpetrated. I
know
you
never
thought particularly
highly
of
him because of his scientific orientation.
But
as a
person,
he
is
an
exceptional
fellow
and
extraordinarily
selfless,
which has
gotten
him into
this
stew,
as a
matter of
fact.
My compassion
for
him
has
grown
so
strong
that
I
really
would
like to
do
something
for
him.
He
does not know
a
soul
here,
but
surely
he
must
have
much
sympathy
in
Zurich,
the
place
of
his former activities.[3]
I
beg you
now
please
to
arrange
a
prompt
action in
my
name
at
the
Zurich
Physical Society
and
possibly
also
at
the
Zurich Scientif.
Society,
for
having
a personal
pardon plea
submitted
to
the
solely
responsible
authority.
It
is
unclear whether
the
associations themselves
ought
to
take the
step
or a
large
number of
their
members;
but
it
seems
to
me
that the
associations
themselves
ought
to
do
it,
at
least the
Physical
Society,[4]
since it makes
more
of
an
impression, especially considering
the small number of members in
the
Phys.
Society.
Besso and Dällenbach will take
over
all
the
time-consuming aspects.
However,
it
is
you
who
must
assume
the
“direction”
so
that
something
comes
of
it.
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