DOCS. 248-250
JANUARY
1911 175
keep
on working
until the
thing
is
completely
finished.[1]
With
best
regards,
yours very truly,
A.
Einstein
249.
To
Carl Schröter
Bern
[Zurich,
21 January
1911][1]
Dr.
Albert Einstein
&
Otto
Vollenweider,
stud.
phil.,
wish to
express
their heartfelt
thanks
to
you
for
having
so
wonderfully
sweetened their
venture.[2] Everything
has
now
been
proofread
and
corrected.
This
afternoon
and tomorrow Mr.
Vollenwender
will
dictate
the
thing
into the
typewriter
and
see
to it
that
you
receive the
manuscript ready
for
the
press
by
tomorrow
evening.
Thanking
you
once
again, yours truly,
A.
Einstein
250.
To
Hendrik
A.
Lorentz
Zurich,
27
January 1911
Highly
esteemed
Prof. Lorentz:
Thank
you so
much
for
your exceedingly friendly
letter. You
cannot
imagine
how
much I look
forward
to
making your
personal acquaintance.
It
was
the
prospect
of
this
which also led
me
to
accept
the kind invitation
to
give a
lecture
in Leiden[1]
even
though
I
otherwise
go
out of
my way
to
avoid,
whenever
possible,
the kind
of
occasions
at
which
I
must
"appear
on stage."
Together
with
a
friend
of
mine, I recently
read
with
the
greatest pleasure
the
excerpts
of
the
lectures
you gave
in
Göttingen.[2]
But
at
the
same
time I
realized
sharply
how curious
an
undertaking
it
is
for
me
to
carry
theoretical
physics
to Leiden! Nevertheless,
I
have not become
faint-hearted
for
I
am
convinced
that
you
and the
people
around
you
will
meet
me
with
goodwill
and not
strong
criticism.
I
am
delighted
to
accept
the kind
invitation
from
you
and Mrs.
Lorentz[3] to
stay
in
your
home,
and
am taking
the
liberty
of
bringing my
wife
along.
But
I
beg you
not
to
go
to
any
trouble
on our
account.
I will
gladly
deliver
my
lecture
on
Friday
already,
since this
is
what
is
wanted. But
the
main
thing, namely,
the conversation
with
you
about
the
radiation
problem,
will
come
next.
I
wish
to
assure you
already
in advance
that
I
am
not the
orthodox
light-quantizer
for whom
you
take
me;
that
[mistaken belief] might
come
from
my
imprecise
way
of
expressing myself
in
my papers.
I
am
most
anxious to
hear
your
judgment
on some
arguments.
When
it
comes
to
these unfinished
things,
it
is
difficult to
understand each
other without
engaging
in
a lively give-and-take dialogue.