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circumstances
favor
transplantation,
and
that
his
character and
his
other traits
make
me
very
confident of
a
beneficial
relationship.
As for the
terms
of the
appointment,
it
seems
to
me
that the Willstätter
example
is
much
too
evident
to
an
Ord.
Prof,
at
the
Polytech.
Institute
in
Zurich
to
allow
a
substantial difference between
the
terms
offered
to Mr.
Einstein
and
those
granted
to
Willstätter.
I
do
not
know
exactly
what Willstätter
is
getting.[9]
But
Mr.
Beckmann mentioned
to
me
incidentally
that
his
positions
as an
Extraordinary
Professor
and
member of
the
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Institute for
Chemistry
bring
him
an
income
totaling 18,000
marks
annually.[10]
If
one
adds
a
total of
15,000
marks
annually
for the
(salary
and
budget)
incurred
upon
the
Institute
by
Mr. Einstein, then,
I believe,
the
regular budget
would be
balanced.
In addition,
one
would also have to
anticipate
a
one-time,
extraordinary
expense
to
furnish the
rooms
in
the Institute
that
would be
allocated
to
Mr.
Einstein.
This
one-time
expense
would
hardly
exceed
50,000
marks,
and would
probably
be the
easiest
to
cover.
As
far
as
the annual
funding
of
15,000
marks
is
concerned, I believe
that
one
could deem it sufficient to
have it
secured
for
10
years,
because
for
a
34-year-old
man
with such
a
fast-growing
reputation
many
new
opportunities
will arise in the
course
of
10
years.
Also,
I cherish the
hope
that
Mr.
Koppel
might
perhaps
take
such
a funding
upon
himself.
So,
the
way
I
see
it,
the
greatest
question
yet
to
be solved
is
how
to procure
the
salary. You, very
esteemed Professor
Krüss,
will
surely
be able
to judge
whether the Prussian
state would be inclined
to join
in.[11]
I have
two
more
points to put
before
to
you.
In
terms
of
specialty,
Einstein's closest
colleague
is
Mr.
Planck, and,
then,
Mr.
Warburg
and Mr.
Rubens
also
work
in fields
related
to
his.[12]
Please consider whether
it would
not
be advisable
to
tell Mr. Planck
of
this
matter
before
it somehow leaks out from the
Royal Ministry
of Education.
I
would
gladly
take
it
upon
myself
to
do
it.
On
the other
hand,
I
think
that without
a
plan
regarding
the
financial
means,
it would be
as
premature to contact
Mr.
Planck
in this
matter
as
it would be
premature
to contact
Mr.
Einstein. The
second
point
concerns
the
external
post.
Here
again,
I
would
think that
a
post
of
Ord.
Honorary
Professor
at
the
university, by analogy
with
the Willstätter
model,
could be
considered,
and
here,
too,
as
a
matter
of
course,
the
submission
of
the
proposal
and
expert opinion
would fall
to
Planck,
so
that,
again,
his involvement in
the
matter,
at
the
point
of
time
that
seems
appropriate
to
you,
should
probably
be
given priority.
Perhaps
you
will find
that
I
entered
too deep
into
the
particulars
and will
reject
the
whole
plan.
But
you certainly
will make allowances for
the
diligence
with which I
pursued
an
idea
suggested
by
you.
My
original
intention
was
to
return
today.
The
leave
so
kindly
granted
me
by
the
Minister[13]
has
come
to
an
end
today.
I
am
taking
the
liberty
of
taking
advantage
of
the
right,
granted
to
me
at
my
appointment,
to be
absent without
leave
at
my
discretion
for
up
to
8 days,
and
am
staying
here
a
few
more
days.
I
departed
several
days
later than
intended,
as
you
know,
and had
a
hard
time
at
first
because
I
could
not
get
used
to
the