111.
TO
MILEVA
MARIC
Winterthur Tuesday [28?
May
1901]
My
dear Miezchen!
I have
just
read
a
marvelous
paper
by
Lenard
on
the
production
of
cathode
rays
by ultraviolet
light.
Under the influence of this
beautiful piece of work, I
am
filled with such happiness and such joy
that
you
absolutely
must
share in
some
of it.
Just
be of good cheer,
love, and don't fret. After
all,
I
am
not
leaving
you
and I'll
bring
everything
to
a
happy
conclusion.
It's just
that
one
has to be
patient!
You'll
see
that
one
doesn't
rest
badly
in
my
arms,
even
if
it
starts
a
little
stupidly.
How
are
you,
love? How is the boy?
Imagine how
lovely
it will be when
we
will again be able
to
work
together
totally
undisturbed,
and nobody will
any
longer be allowed
to
interfere! You will be amply compensated
for
your
present
worries
by
a
lot of
joy,
and the
days
will
peacefully
pass
by,
undisturbed and
unhurriedly.
I
was
alone all day long yesterday because Wohlwend
was
in
Lenzburg,
and I studied Wiedemann's Annalen after having taken
a
very
lovely
walk through the woods in the morning.
I found there
a
numerical confirmation which
a
Dutchman
had found for the fundamental
principles
of the electron
theory,
which filled
me
with real
delight
and
completely
convinced
me
about the electron theory.
Wohlwend also
went
to
see
the Wintelers, but of
course
said
nothing
there about
me,
only
a
little
something
to
my
sister,
to whom
I
am now
going
to write.
Distance
seems
to have softened her
grudges
against
me
very
much. I'll invite
her here for
a
Sunday.
How
are
our
little
son
and
your
doctoral
thesis?
If
I
am
not
mistaken, Weber also
once
did theoretical work
on
the motion of heat
in metal
cylinders.
See whether
you
couldn't somehow
use
the tables
on
this
basis,
even
if
only ostensibly.
I think that he is cited in
Heine.
Unfortunately,
no one
here
at
the Technikum is
up
to
date in
modern
physics
&
I have
already tapped
all of them without
success.
Would
I too
become
so
lazy intellectually
if I
were ever
doing
well?
I
don't think
so,
but the
danger
seems
to be
great
indeed.
Unfortunately,
I
learned today that there is quite
some
competition
between mathematicians in Switzerland
too. In
Germany it is supposed
to
be much
worse.
I have
already
wondered
whether
old Besso
couldn't
find
a
job for
me
in insurance. After
all,
he is the
general
manager
of
a
company.
Don't get
any
silly ideas, I'll do
everything
I
can
to
stand
up
for
you,
love.
So, chin
up,
and do write
soon a
dear little letter
to
your
Johonzel
112.
TO
MILEVA
MARIC
Tuesday
[Winterthur,
4?
June
1901]
Dear Doxerl!
What do
you
think is
lying
on
the table in front of me?
A
long
letter addressed
to
Drude with
two
objections
to
his electron theory.
He will hardly have anything sensible
to
refute
me
with,
because
the
things
are
very
simple.
I
am
terribly curious whether and what
he
is
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