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DOCS. 41-43
NOVEMBER 1906-JANUARY
1907
I
can
do
is to put
my
feeble
powers
at
the service
of
you
or
your
children
in
case
they
can
be
of
help
in
any way,
whether
now or
later.
With
deepest respect,
yours,
A.
Einstein
42.
To Helene and
Milivoj
Savic
[Bern,
December
1906?][1]
Dear
Folks,
Miza has
written
so very
much,
and
so
fervently,[2]
that
my
second infusion
of
what
little
there
is to
write
about
would turn
out
much too
watered-down.
Therefore,
take
the
good
intention
for the deed, and-accept the
most
cordial
greetings
and
the
best
wishes from
your
A. E.
Until
we see
each other
again![3]
43. To Alfred
Schnauder
Bern,
Saturday.
[5
January-11 May
1907][1]
Dear
Mr. Schnauder:[2]
Thank
you so
much for
sending
me
the
compositions;[3]
I
have
not
yet
been
able to
play
them
with
accompaniment,
because
my
rascal of
a
pianist
hasn't been here
since
New
Year. It
is
a
terrible
shame
that
you
and
your
family[4]
are
not in Bern;
I
would
gladly
send
the
whole
philistine pack
of
my
local
acquaintances
to
Winterthur
in
exchange.
I
am doing
fine;
I
am a
respectable
Federal
ink
pisser
with
a
decent
salary.[5]
In
addition, I
am
riding my
old
mathematical-physical hobby-horse
and
I fiddle
on
my
violin-both
within
the
narrow
constraints
my 2-year-old
little
boy
has
imposed
on me
for
superfluous
things
of
this kind.
Do
you
know
Wohlwend's
address?[6] I
would like
to
write
to
him
one
of
these
days.
He
probably
now
counts
me
among
his
ex-friends,
because
I
have not
written
to him for
such
a
long
time.
Cordial
greetings
to
your
wife and kids from
A.
Einstein
and his wife
Patent
Office,
Bern
If
you ever come
to
these
parts,
let
me
know,
so
that
we can
meet.
I'll
do
the
same
if
I
come
to
eastern Switzerland.