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245. To Mileva Einstein-Maric
Kiel, 12 May 1924
Dear Mileva,
I have always been in favor of your buying a
house.[1]
I can’t judge the matter so
well myself, and never was one for lots of questions. If
Zangger[2]
supports the mat-
ter, however, then do go ahead and buy the house; I herewith give you my approval.
Zangger doesn’t need to write me about it at all anymore. The
children[3]
are cer-
tainly going to learn much from it and experiences are generally worth a lot.
My unfriendliness during the summer arose because I was offended by your and
Albert’s letter. But I now have the impression that I was wrong insofar as no un-
friendly sentiment lay behind
it.[4]
From far away everything always looks different
and then rancor easily enters into the most harmless of affairs through misunder-
standing. I want to come to Zurich once in the foreseeable future, and let’s let all
bygones, to the extent that they were bad, be
forgotten.[5]
You don’t need to fret like
that all the time, either; rather be glad about the good things that life has brought
you, e.g., the splendid children, the house, and that you—aren’t married to me any-
more.
Anschütz wants to turn his factory over to Albert one
day.[6]
I have a great opin-
ion of the future of this firm and believe that Albert would be very qualified for that:
I deem it right to inform you of this so that you can discuss it calmly with Albert.
But you shouldn’t write to Mr. Anschütz about this; rather, let’s discuss it calmly
together when I come to Zurich. There’s no rush about reaching a decision anyway.
But if this possibility will be taken into consideration at all seriously, it should be
taken into some account as regards Albert’s
studies.[7]
Warm regards to all three of you, from your
Papa.
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