300
DOCS. 398-400 MAY
1912
tell
anybody
about these
idle
remarks. In
spite
of
my
and
Haber's
advice
to
the
contrary,
they
appointed Bernoulli,
one
of the
most
muddle-headed
men
I know, to
phys.
chemistry
in
Basel.[14]
The
place
must be rife with
nepotism
of the
worst sort.
[15]
Here
we
will
appoint
the
young
Frank
from
Vienna
(secret);
an
able
man.[16]
399. To
Elsa Löwenthal
[Prague,]
21
May
[1912][1]
Dearest
Else,
I
am writing so
late because
I have
misgivings
about
our
affair. I have
the
feeling
that
it will
not
be
good
for
the
two
of
us as
well
as
for the
others
if
we
form
a
closer
attachment.
So,
I
am
writing
to
you
today
for
the
last time and
am
submitting
again
to
the
inevitable,
and
you
must do
the
same.
You
know
that
it
is
not
hardness of heart
or
lack of
feeling
that makes
me
talk
like
this,
because
you
know
that,
like
you,
I
bear
my
cross
without
hope.[2]
But
preserve
your kindly disposition
toward
me.
I
too will
always
be
grateful
for
your
warmth. If
you ever
have
a
hard
time
or
otherwise feel
the need
to
confide in
somebody,
then remember that
you
have
a
cousin[3]
who will
feel for
you no
matter
what the
issue
might
be. Therefore,
as soon as
I
am
installed
in
Zurich,[4]
I will
let
you
know
the address
at which
you
can
write
to
me.
Kisses
from
your
Albert
400.
Report
to
the
Philosophical Faculty
of the German
University
on a
Successor
to
the Chair of Theoretical
Physics[1]
[Prague,
before
23
May
1912][2]
To
the
College
of Professors of
the
Philosophical
Faculty:
The
commission
that
was
entrusted
at
the
session
of
14
March
1912 with
the
preparation
of
proposals regarding
the
filling
of the
vacancy
for
Ordinary
Professor of
theoretical
physics
has
herewith the honor
to submit to the
College
of Professors the
results of
its
deliberations. The
commission
considered
only
those theoretical
physicists
who have
demonstrated
by
their
publications
that their command
of the
newer
branches
of
their
science
is
such
that
they
are
not
only
able to
convey
them
to
their students
through lectures,
but that
they
are
also
capable
of
inspiring young
people
into
independent
scientific work.
Having
looked
around,
the
commission
arrived
at
the