2 3 2 D O C U M E N T S 2 3 6 , 2 3 7 J U L Y 1 9 2 8 236. To Maria Julius and Betsy Julius-Einthoven Berlin, 2 July [1928][1] Dear Miss Maria, I’d rather have my problem than yours.[2] It doesn’t hurt and yet elicits people’s thoughtfulness, which would be precious even for a healthy person. For that reason it continues, however. The doctors don’t know what they should do to slow down the ticker and therefore resort to methods that could be effective only among be- lievers. Hopefully you no longer have pains and nausea. One can overcome every- thing else with humor. Before I leave for the Baltic, I will send you a book that should help you to shorten the period of bed rest.[3] On Thursday we are traveling to the Baltic (Villa Michahelles,[4] Scharbeutz bei Timmendorfer Strand). Give your Mama[5] our sincere thanks for the kind and somewhat consoling reports. Dear Mrs. Julius, I thank you particularly for having written to me in a time of great anxiety. When I can get around more or less normally again, I will visit you all again, as we did when we weren’t invalids. In the meantime, I wish all three[6] of you good health and good cheer. Your, A. Einstein 237. To Eduard Einstein Villa Michahelles, Scharbeutz bei Timmensdorfer Strand, 10 July [1928][1] Dear Tetel, Your amusing letter about your school experiences gave me great pleasure.[2] Such experiences give me incomparably more pleasure than when I see my dear little sheep in wolf’s clothing going around flaunting the “vitality” boorishness, which suits him damned poorly.[3] The nicest thing about this is that you learned so early how to consider a situation from a distance with a mischievous eye. I don’t think I arrived at that blissful attitude as early as you have. Don’t worry about hav- ing to pay attention to your body again.[4] But leave it to others and don’t fall in love again with the damned thermometer, because it poisons the soul. I would have so much liked to come to visit you, but it was out of the question.[5] I’ve grown much weaker, cannot go to high altitudes, and have heart-pain during the nights. I am now very happy to be able to sit among the trees, looking out over