7 8 V O L U M E 8 , D O C U M E N T 3 7 6 a
Evidently I am going to have to travel there now. In Benzingen I expect to hear
news from you about when and where we should
meet.[2]
I intend to stay there (at
Brandhuber’s) for about 10 days (at least). This is superbly convenient for you as
well.[3]
This is a curious to and fro, actually quite to my taste. From Sunday
onwards I shall still be in Zurich under Anna’s protective
wing.[4]
Tomorrow Mama
is traveling homewards to
Heilbronn.[5]
I hope the honorable office of housewife agrees with you well and that Uncle is
very proper; otherwise he must be banned to the . .
.[6]
Greetings & a kiss from your
Albert.
[Greetings] also for Uncle, [a kiss] also for Margot.
Vol. 8, 376a. To Heinrich Zangger
[Lucerne,] Sunday. [26 August 1917]
Dear friend Zangger,
There is no other way, I have to leave, telegram notwithstanding. My priest in
Benzingen writes me that he is staying home for me and is expecting me on Sep-
tember 1, the condition I had set for my promised
visit.[1]
I recovered satisfactorily
after following the prescriptions you gave me precisely, although the local sensitiv-
ity still hasn’t disappeared
completely.[2]
Today I am going to Zurich, where I’m
going to stay under Mrs. Besso’s care until
Sunday.[3]
I pulled myself together and
gave my wife notice that I am coming to see
her.[4]
Then I’ll discuss everything
with her. One really has to regard the option of accommodating her with Tete in the
Black Forest in Württemberg or in the Bavarian mountains for the remainder of the
war, which would be feasible together with the
sister.[5]
That way the boy could
stay in good mountain air without our becoming financially
ruined.[6]
I hope you have recovered well from the painful operation and overwork so that
you can resume your burden with refreshed
energy.[7]
A gathering of forces is less
necessary in my case, with my tranquil lifestyle and my light load of obligations.
Cordial greetings in parting! Yours,
Einstein
Romain Rolland wrote me
twice;[8]
he really is an otherworldly mind, too soft to
look rough reality honestly in the eye.
Please also thank your wife heartily again on my behalf for everything she has
done for me and my family.