DOCS.
6,
7 MAY 1914
13
6.
To Adolf Hurwitz
and
Family
[Berlin,
4
May
1914][1]
Dear Hurwitz
family,[2]
Here
you finally
receive
the
long-promised
picture.[3]
The
delay
is
due to
my
wife
having
arrived
only
a
short
while
ago
and
my
not
knowing
where
the
various
things
had
been
packed
away.[4]
Against expectation
I
am managing
to settle
in
well;
only
a
certain drill with
regard
to attire,
etc.,
to which
I must
submit
myself
on
the
order
of
some
uncles[5]
so as
not to be counted
among
the
rejects
of
the
local human
race,
disturbs
my
peace
of
mind
a
bit. In its habitude the
Academy[6]
entirely
resembles
any faculty.
It
seems
that
most of
the
members
restrict
themselves to
displaying
a
certain
peacocklike
grandeur
in
writing,
oth-
erwise
they
are
quite
human.
(With
the
exception
of
the
fat,
unctuous Hermann
Amandus
Schwarz,
for
ex. [Amandus
must not
be translated, because
then
[it]
contains
an
outrageous
impertinence].)[7]
I
have not found
the
time
to
play
music
yet,
because
there
is
always
so
much
else
going
on.
Now I
understand the
Berlin-
ers’
self-satisfaction.
You
get
so
much outside stimulation
that
you
do not
feel
your
own
hollowness
so
harshly
as
in
a
calmer little
spot.
I feel
compelled
to
thank
you again
for
the
many
truly fine
hours
I
have been
permitted to
spend
at
your house.[8]
With
cordial
greetings
to
all of
you
and best
wishes for
your
health,
yours,
A.
Einstein.
[...][9]
7.
To Pëtr Petrovich Lazarev
[Berlin,]
16
May
1914
Highly
esteemed
Colleague,[1]
I
thank
you
for
the
kind
invitation,[2]
which
I
nonetheless cannot
accept.
I
am
reluctant
to travel
without
necessity
to
a
country
in which
my
kinsmen have
been
persecuted
so brutally.[3]
With
all due
respect, yours very truly,
A.
Einstein.
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