DOCS. 463-465
AUGUST
1913 347
463.
To
Paul
Langevin
[Val Bregaglia?,
before
9
August 1913]
[
...
][1]
Dear
Mr.
Langevin,
We
often remembered
you fondly
on
this
wonderful
tour
through
the
Engadin
and
Bergell.[2]
Many
cordial
greetings
from
your
A.
Einstein
464.
To
Alexander
Witting
Hofstr.
116,
Zurich.
[11
August 1913]
Highly
esteemed
Colleague,
I
am
sending
you my
manuscript
for
the Vienna lecture
by
the
same
mail.[1]
I
would
be most
indebted
to
you
if
you
saw
to
its
being typeset
as soon as possible, so
that
I
may
have
the
proofs
around
5
September.[2]
Respectfully yours,
A.
Einstein
465.
To
Elsa Löwenthal
[Zurich,
11?
August
1913][1]
My
dear
Elsa,
Your
letter,
which I
found
upon
my
return from
the
trip,[2]
made
me very happy,
especially
because
you
wanted
to invite
me
to
come
to
see you.
I
would have
given
up
all the
trips
of
the
world for
that. Madame
Curie[3] is
very intelligent,
but
is
as
cold
as
a
fish, meaning
that
she is
lacking
in all
feelings
of
joy
or sorrow.
Almost the
only way
in which
she
expresses
her
feeling
is to
rail
at
things
she does not like.
And
she has
a
daughter
who
is
even
worse-like
an
infantryman.
This
daughter is
also
very
gifted.[4]
The
hike
through
the
Maloya
pass
is
one
of
the
most
beautiful
ones one
can
take.[5]
The
few
days
of freedom refreshed
me very
much. But
now
I must work
throughout
the
whole vacation
in
order
to
pay my
literary debts.[6] I
finished
the lecture for
Vienna.[7]
It
turned
out
interesting
but
too
long,
so
that
it will be
palatable
only
later
on,
in
print.
I believe
that
I will be able to
arrange
things
in such
a way
that
I
shall
come
to
see
you
either before
or
after the
Naturforscherversammlung.[8]
This will be the
best
part
of the
whole
expedition.