DOCS.
324,
325
DECEMBER
1911
235
324. To
Robert Gnehm
Prague,
13
December
1911
To the
Chairman of
the
Swiss
School Council
Highly
esteemed
Mr.
Chairman:
In
response
to
your
letter of
8 December, I
inform
you
herewith that
I would be
happy
to
have the
suggested
discussion.[1]
I would like
to
see
the matter-as
far
as
I
am
involved in
it-completed
as quickly as possible.
If
it is
absolutely necessary,
I
am
ready
to
travel
to
Zurich
as soon as
you
wire
me
a
request
to
that
effect.[2]
But
I
must
tell
you
that
the loss
of
the
three
days
required
by
the
trip
would be
quite
critical
for
me,
because
I
am
swamped
with
urgent
work.
I
see
from
your
letter that
you
yourself cannot
come
here
in
the
next few
days.
Would it
perhaps
be
agreeable
to
you
to send
a
representative
here
within
the
next
few
days?
In
case
this
is not
possible,
I
promise
to
answer
any
written
inquiries
you
might
direct
to
me as
promptly
and
as
precisely
as
possible.
In
that
case
I also
pledge
to
keep
the
contents
of
your
communications
in
strictest
confidence.
Looking
forward
to
further communications
from
you,
I
remain
yours
respectfully,
A.
Einstein
325. To Heinrich
Zangger
[Prague,
13-16
December
1911][1]
Dear friend
Zangger,
So
that
you may
see
that the seed
you
planted is
germinating,
even
if not
sprouting,
I
am
sending
you
Gnehm's
shrewd
letter
alongside my reply
to
it.[2]
If
I
were
not
so
buried
in
work,
I would have
gone
to
Zurich
immediately.
But it would have
been
a
senseless
waste
of
time,
since
everything can
be
settled
by
letter.
I
am
looking
forward
very
much to
our being
together
again
in
Zurich.
Will
you
remain
there,
or are you going
to
Paris?[3]
In the last few
days
I wrote
a
paper
on
the
properties
of
transparent
bodies
in
the
infra-red.[4]
Oddly
enough,
the relevant
phenomena
have thus
far been
incorrectly
interpreted (residual
rays).
The
thing
is
also