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533 MAY
1918
mathematically
meaningful concept
of action at
a
distance and
hence
took the
greatest
step
forward.”
[20]Draft
text:
“About the
negative
part
of
my Göttingen
lecture,
we
are,
as
it
appears
to
me, actually
in
complete agreement factually;
I
just
express myself
somewhat
differently
than
you
do.”
533. To
Mileva Einstein-Maric
[Berlin,
before
8
May
1918][1]
Dear
Mileva,
Only
about
death
can we
be
secure,
not
about
possessions of
any
kind. There’s
no
changing
this. The certificates
that
I
want
to
send
you
aside from
money are
as secure as
German
currency.[2]
The
main
advantage
to
you
is
that the
things
become
your
property
and
come
to Switzerland.
With
a
devaluation of German
money,
these
papers
would also be devalued
correspondingly
(and
vice
versa),
because
the
interest would be devalued with
the
money.
Therefore,
whether
you
have
these
certificates
or
cash in
hand
is
identical in this
regard;
in
the latter
case,
though,
you
would
lose
the
interest.
It
is
another
question
whether
the
money
or
the
certificates be
exchanged
for
Swiss
financial
instruments.
This
is
a
gambling question,
through
and
through,
and
not
a
matter
of
careful
thought.
I
can
only
say
to
you
that
the
persons
of
money
here who have loans
to
pay
back in Switzerland
prefer
to
borrow in
francs in Switzerland and
to allow
the
obligations
to
grow
through
interest
than
to
exchange
German
currency
into
Swiss
now.
Whether
they
are
right, I
do
not
know.
Nowadays everything
is
uncertain;
but
I do
tend
toward
the
opinion
that
it
is
more
appropriate
to
deposit
German financial
instruments
as
such.
You
can
believe
me
that
I
have deliberated
on
all
of
this
very
well
and have not allowed
any
other
concern
to
govern
than the best
possible security
for
you
and the
children.
You must also
bear
in mind that
the 2 000
M
pension
that
you are
surrendering[3]
involves
something
just
as
unstable
as
what
you are
receiving
in this
way.
The
children
naturally
keep
their
1200
(jointly),
which
they
receive
by
their
18th
year
of
age.
At all
events,
the best that
I
can
bequeath to
my boys, or
that
they
can
inherit
from
me,
is
not
money
but
a
good mind,
a
positive outlook,
and
an
unblemished
and good
name
that
is
known
everywhere
on
Earth
where science-
loving people
live.
If
they
become well-rounded
persons,
they
will
have
a
less
difficult time
than
I
had
20
years
ago.[4]
So
be
satisified,
and do not
speculate
too
much
about the
inextricably
con-
voluted
future
fate of
your money,
and be
glad
if
the
Reichsbank
is
at all
willing
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