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DOCS. 193-195 DECEMBER
1909
communicate
with
you again,
even
if
only by
letter. Thank
you
with all
my
heart
for
the
letter
and
the
gift.
We have
become
quite
acclimated
by now,
even
though
we
miss
our
congenial
friends
from
Bern
a
lot.
I
like
my
new
profession
very
much.[1]
I
get
much
pleasure
from
teaching,
even
if it
requires
much work the first time
around.[2]
Prof.
Kleiner,
the director of the
physics institute,[3]
is
a
very
nice
man.
He
treats
me as a
friend
and would
not
even
dream of
causing me any grief.
If
only
Reding
would be like
that![4]
Write
me a
little
about
how
people
have
been
treating
you
in
the
office since
my
departure
from
Bern![5]
If
you
want to know
something
that
I
might
be able to tell
you,
then
just
write to
me.
It
will be
my
pleasure
to
take
part
in
your
endeavors
in
the future
as
well.
Cordial
greetings
to
you
and
your
wife,
yours,
A.
Einstein
194.
From Milos Maric
[Budapest,
28
December
1909]
My
dear
ones:
I wish all
of
you
a
very happy
New
Year; I hope
that
your
Christmas
passed
pleasantly
and that
it
brought
a
lot
of
joy
to
Bujo.[1]
There
is
not much to write
about
myself.
I'm
already
a
real
soldier,
as
the little
portrait,
done
by
a
silhouette artist
in
1
minute,
attests.[2]
Thank God
it
won't
last
long,
9
more
months,
and
then
I'm
back into
dear
old
civilian life. "Civilian
riffraff,"
as we
in the
military
call
it. Perhaps
I'll
go
back
to
the
madhouse,
it's
actually
much
saner
than
all
of the
military.[3]
Cordial
greetings to
all
of
you.
Milosch
I
am
going
to
Grandma
and
Grandpa[4]
for
[the
Serbian
Orthodox]
Christmas. I
too
would
very
much
like
to
get
a
picture
of
Bujo.
Tantiza[5]
speaks highly
of
it.
195.
To
Michele
Besso
[Zurich,
31
December
1909]
Dear
Michele,
First of
all,
I
wish
a happy
New
Year
to
all
of
you,
and
so
do
my
wife and
the
boy.
The
school
mastering is
going
better
now
and
gives
me
much
pleasure.[1]
Could
you
send
me
the
thing by
Witte?[2]
I'll
send it
right
back
to
you.