DOCS. 140-143 FEBRUARY-MARCH
1909
101
As for
the
question
whether
I
could start next
semester, I
believe
that
I
can answer
that
in the affirmative
even
without
having
made
official
inquiries
about
it.
For
I
know
of
a
former
colleague
who left
the
office
one
month after
having given
notice. I
am
enclosing my
publications
so
that
you
will have
them
readily
on
hand.
Respectfully,
your
devoted
A.
Einstein
141.
To
Lucien
Chavan
Bern, 3
March 1909
Dear
Mr. Chavan:
I
am
in
bed
with
a
terrible
cold. But
you
can
still
come
this
evening;
I will
read
with
you
while
lying
in bed.
With
greetings to
you
&
your
wife,
your
A.
Einstein
142.
To
Maurice
Solovine
Bern, 18
March 1909
Dear
Solovine,
Your
kind
greeting
gave
me
great
joy.
A
young
Japanese
who
is
going
to
Paris
came
to
see me
yesterday.[1]
I sent him to
you
because
I thought
you
would
surely enjoy
meeting
him.
When
will
you come
to
Bern
at
long
last?
You
wouldn't
believe
how
often
I
think of
you,
and
how
glad
I would be
to
see
you again.
Give
my
warmest
greetings
to
my
sister and her
Pauli.[2]
With kind
regards,
your
A.
Einstein
My
wife and
Bujo
also send
their
best.
143.
To Jakob
Laub
[Bern,
20 March
1909][1]
Dear
Mr. Laub:
Thank
you very
much for the
letter,
the
proofs,[2]
and the
postcard.
I
am so
very busy
that
I
cannot
get
involved in
any
venture
right now.
I must
therefore
ask
you
to write