DOCS.
79,
80
FEBRUARY
1908
55
79.
From
Jakob
Laub
Würzburg, Weingartenstr.
18,
2 February 1908
Highly
esteemed Doctor Einstein:
Thank
you
very
much for
your
kind
letter
and for
sending
me your
paper,[1]
which
I have
not
yet
received,
and which
I
am
eagerly
awaiting.
Your remarks
regarding
my manner
of
expressing
myself[2]
are
totally
justified.
I
cannot
thank
you
enough
for
having
taken
time to
let
me
know
about that. After
all,
precise
and
clear formulation
matters
greatly
in
these
things;
I notice
that
myself
in
the
course
of
my
work.-I
assure you
that
I will follow
your suggestions.
But
your
letter
has also
encouraged
me
to
turn
to
you
with
a
request
that
has
long
been
on
my
mind. In
addition
to
experiments,
I
concern
myself very
much
with the
"relativity physics"
that
you
introduced.
I
do
not
have
to
tell
you
how
many
ideas
one
gets
from
personal contact,
especially
in
questions
like
these.
I
am
herewith
requesting
most
politely
that
you kindly
let
me
know
whether
you
would
agree
to
my coming
to
Bern
for
3
months. Let
me assure
you
that
it
is
my
great
interest
in this
subject
matter
that leads
me
to Bern, since I
consider
your investigations
to
be
fundamental
not
only
for
electrodynamics (which is,
after
all,
only
a
special
area
of
application),
but
also for
physics as a
whole.
I
will
probably complete
my
experimental
investigations
"Uber
die
Geschwindigkeit
der
von
Röntgenstrahlen erzeugten
Kathodenstrahlen"
["On
the
velocity
of
the
cathode
rays produced
by
Roentgen
rays"]
in the
course
of
this
month.[3]
I could
therefore
come
to
Bern
at
the end of
February
or
at
the
beginning
of March
at
the latest.
Prof.
Wien[4] is
also
very
much in favor
of
my
spending some
time with
you
in
Bern.
I would
greatly appreciate
an
immediate
reply,
so
that
I
may
make
my
arrangements
accordingly.
With
highest
regards,
yours very truly,
J. Laub
80.
From
Alfred
Kleiner
Z[urich],
8 February
1908
Very
esteemed
Dr.
Einstein:
You did this
very promptly,
this matter with
the
Habilitationsschrift;[1]
but
it
seems
to
me
that
one
must
continue
to keep
an eye
on
the
progress
of
this matter
lest it
get
stuck
somewhere.
If,
for
example,
Forster
has to
evaluate
this
work,
he
might easily
procrastinate
with
the
delivery
of
his vote
if,
for
some reason
or
other,
this Habilitation
is
not
to
his
liking;[2]
I
think therefore that
you
should
try
to
interest
some
acquaintance
on
the
faculty
in
handling
the
agenda
this semester.
(Moser?[3]
Gruner?[4])
I must be
kept
informed about
this
matter,
for if
necessary,
i.e.,
if
you
do not
get
to
lecture
next