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Ehrenfest’s lively mind and versatility are admirable. We play music together daily.
Tomorrow we’re going to the Academy in
Amsterdam.[4]
I already told you that
Eddington found the theory exactly
confirmed.[5]
Hearty greetings to all of
you[6]
from your
Albert.
My health is splendid. I don’t even feel a
trifle.[7]
I intend to be with you again on
Sunday (2nd Nov.).
Vol. 9, 151a. To Elsa Einstein
[Leyden,] Sunday, 26 October 1919
Dear Else,
Yesterday Lorentz spoke at the Academy in my presence about the foundations
of grav. theory and Eddington’s
results.[1]
I wrote the latter from here.
Ehrenfest[2]
is taking touchingly good care of me; I don’t even have to deliver a talk. On Sunday
I’m returning home. Yesterday I walked around much with Ehrenfest in Amster-
dam, also the Jewish quarter. In the evening we visited a female bachelor, prof. of
botany, where it was very relaxed and
hoydenish.[3]
She had also studied in Zurich
(& Berne). We spent today comfortably here.
Now, after your postcard, the matter with Mama is
decided.[4]
So we’ll take it
upon ourselves. You are a brave woman. But I am sorry that it will now have to be
so hard for you; Maja is behaving quite strangely. She acts as if her conduct were
self-explanatory. For all her erudition she doesn’t do her share as I had expected of
her. Planck wrote me very nicely about Rostock that we should spend the time
together.[6]
He’s also going there. I hope my pretty card to Frau
Hellberg[7]
will ar-
rive.
Heartfelt greetings to you and to all of you from your
Albert.
Vol. 9, 152a. To Elsa Einstein
[Leyden,] Tuesday [28 October 1919]
Dear Else,
I still have nothing from you but definitely believe that it got stuck somewhere.
Today we’re going to Utrecht to tour an
institute.[1]
The day after tomorrow I’ll be
with
Lorentz.[2]
It continues to be unusually nice at our place; yesterday evening
we visited Kamerlingh
Onnes[3]
in his study and talked shop. Everyone is unusu-
ally hospitable and friendly.