Peace of Mind. But if
I
saw
the girl again
a
few
times,
I would
surely get
crazy
again,
I
am
aware
of that
&
fear it like fire.
Once I
am
back in
Zurich,
we
shall
immediately
climb the
Utliberg.
There
we can
have fun
unpacking
our
memories of
Säntis;
I
picture
it
again
to myself in such
gay
colors. And then
we
will start
immediately
with Helmholtz's
electromagnetic
theory of light, which 1)
out of fear 2) because I did not have
it,
I still have not read.
Thousand
affectionate greetings
from
your
Albert
58.
TO
MILEVA MARIC
Milan,
Tuesday
[10
October
1899]
D[ear] S[weet?] D[oxerl]!
Now,
you
are a
fine one! It's
already
the 4th
day
that she has
been
sitting
very
cozily at the examination
&
has not yet uttered
a
single
word to
her good
colleague
and
coffee-guzzling
pal. Isn't that
horrible?
I shall
compose
a
fire-and-brimstone
sermon
and
give
it
to
you
in
person
next Monday, and
early
in the
morning
at that. And
if
the
maid
says
that
you
have left
&
I
see
your
polished
little boots in
front of the door, which
seems
to be happening from time
to
time
-
then I'll
simply
wait
a
little
or
I'll get
a
shave.
Sunday
I
am
taking
my
sister to Aarau
&
the
very
same
day I'll
show
up
in Zurich
at
the
place
of
my
beloved
ex-landlady, who simply
has not
responded
to
a
postcard
in which
I
dared to ask her whether
it
is within her "inscrutable
providence"
to
billet
me
somewhere else.
Thus I,
poor
postal parcel, must wait until I get
enlightened
about
the
place of
my
destination.
-
If
I
think how
you
are
now
buried in
work,
my anger
caused
by
your
non-writing melts
away
like
wax.
You
poor
creature,
you
in fact have it much harder than I had it the
last
year
because
you are so
alone! But stop
-
I
already
see you
smile
over my
consolation
job
&
think: Such
a
matter is of
little
concern
to
a
Dockerl;
it knows itself
what it wants
and
can &
has it
already
demonstrated several times.
But
now
something nicer
-
I have in mind
our
household, of
course.
It
will again
become lovely there. I
am
bringing
a
few
marvelous delicacies
from Mama, who has also promised to send
us
frequently something
to
the household: directly
to
Plattenstr.
50. In
the
meantime,
do
get Helmholtz's
electromagnetic
theory of
light!
I
have
already developed quite
a
hunger for
it.
I have been
studying
here
a
lot
&
have
completed
my
considerations about the study of the basic laws of
thermoelectricity.
I have also devised
a
method of great
simplicity,
which
permits
one
to
decide whether
the
latent
heat in metals is
to
be reduced
to
the
motion of
ponderable
matter
or
of electricity, i.e., whether
an
electrically charged body has
a
different specific heat than
an
uncharged
one.
All these
questions
are
connected with the
analysis
of
the thermoelement. The methods
are
very
simple
to
carry
out
&
do not
require
any
equipment
that is
not
readily
available to
us.
But that's
enough
for
today,
otherwise
my
old folks
are
going
to
tease
me
for
my
writing
so
much without
a
reply. Cordial greetings
&
a
happy reunion!
Your
Albert
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