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DOCS. 261-263 APRIL
1911
court
chaplain
for
the excellent
cigars.
With best
wishes, your
A.
Einstein
[...][3]
262. To Lucien Chavan
[Prague]
5
April
[1911][1]
Dear
Mr.
Chavan,
I
was
really
distressed
by your
report.
As
soon
as
you give me your
permission,
I will
write
to
V.;[2]
perhaps
this could
help
a
little.
I
will also write
to
Prof.
Z.-[3]
We
arrived here after
a
strenuous
trip
&
have
even
found
an
apartment
already.[4]
But
there
are
countless
difficulties to be
overcome
when
one
finds
oneself
in such
a
totally
different,
unfamiliar environment.
With
best
wishes,
your
A. E.
[...][5]
263. To
Heinrich
Zangger
Prague. Friday
[7
April
1911][1]
Dear
Mr.
Zangger,
We
are now
already
in
the
new apartment.[2]
A
baby
carriage[3]
and
a
trunk
are
the
only
furniture
we
have
so
far.
Prague is
a
beautiful
city
to
look
at.
The
people
are
haughty, shabby-genteel,
or
subservient, depending
on
their lot
in
life.
They
are
masterful
cooks.
Many
of
them
possess
a
certain
grace.
Houses
&
things
are
somewhat
dirty
and run-down. The
animosity
between Germans
&
Czechs
seems
to be
quite
strong.
Example.
I
ask the
porter
at
our
institute where
one can buy
wool
blankets.
My
predecessor-Mr.
Lippich[4]-learns
that
he
recommended
a shop
whose
owner
is
a
Czech. He
immediately dispatches
his
housemaid
to
me,
to
ask
me
to
buy
the blankets
in
a
"German"
shop.[5]
It
is
very
nice
of
you
to
remember
Mr.
Solovine.
He
would
be
very
pleased
if
you
looked
him
up;
he lives
at
rue
de la
Huchette
5.[6]
I
am very
curious whether
you
will
take
the
"bite"
there.[7]
Be
sure
to
write
me
about
it!
It's
a pity
for
the beautiful institute
with which I have
been entrusted
here.[8]
I
think I
must
now
embark
upon experimental
adventures after
all.
The
proverb,
"To
whom
God
gave
an
office
..."
gives
me
courage.