DOCS. 231-234 NOVEMBER
1910
167
You
may
mention
me
if
you
write
to Mr. Lewis.[2] I
am
ready
to
recommend
you
anytime
to him
or
to
anyone
else.
232.
To
Emil Fischer
Zurich, 5
November 1910
Highly
esteemed Professor
Fischer:
I
feel
very
honored,
and
even
more
embarrassed, to
hear of
my
papers being praised
by
a
researcher
like
you.[1]
For
day in, day
out
I feel all
too
clearly
how
impotent
I
am
in
the
face
of the
pressing problems
of
my
science.
Thus,
for
example,
the
theory
of
specific
heats
whose
testing
Prof.
Nernst
has
started
so
successfully[2]
is
still
quite
unsatisfactory;
it
presupposes
that
our
mechanics
is
not
valid,
and
all
efforts
to
make
molecular mechanics conform
to the
imperious
demands of
experience were
unsuccessful.
I
accept your generous
offer[3]
with
many
thanks,
all the
more so
because the
money
offered
would
really considerably
facilitate
my
scientific work.
Please tell the
man
who
is
inclined
to
spend
such
a
significant sum[4]
that
I will
spend
the
monies
entrusted
to
me
in
the
most
conscientious
way.
Thanking
you again
with all
my
heart, I
remain
with the
greatest respect,
yours
sincerely,
A.
Einstein
233. To Jakob
Laub
[Zurich, 11
November
1910][1]
That
is
really a
warped fellow,
that Lenard! Made
up
so
completely
of
bile and
intrigue![2]
But,
still,
you
are
considerably
better
off
than
he
is.
You
can
leave
him,
but
he
must
keep
house
with the
monster
until he bites
the
dust. I will do
what
I
can
to
find
you
an assistantship.
The solution of
the
radiation
problem
has
again
come
to
naught.[3]
The
devil
played
a
dirty
trick
on me.
234.
To Jakob
Laub
[Zurich,
15
November
1910]
...
I have
written
to Lampa
and
Nernst,[1]
and I asked
a man
whom I know
very
well and who
yesterday
left for
Chile,
where
he has
very
influential
contacts,
to find
you
a
job
there.[2] So
just
let
L[enard][3]
carry on.
You will
soon
be
beyond
his
sphere
of
influence
...