150
DOCS.
151,
152 NOVEMBER
1915
position.[4]
The
man
is
imposing
and
not
unlikable.
He
listened
to
everything
I
said
but
promised nothing,
so
that
I
do not know whether
my
errand
has
had
any
direct
effect.
I did
have
that
impression, though.
I prepared
him for
the
pretexts
S.
would
respond
with,
to which
no
importance
ought
to
be
given,
and
asked him also to consult
with
Planck.[5]
On
the other
hand,
I noticed
that
he is
reluctant
to communicate
directly
with
the
people
from
the
observatory.
Thus
I
do not believe
that
he
will
have
you
summoned.[6]
Undoubtedly
I did
arouse
in
him
a
powerful
distrust
for all time in Struve’s
suggestions.
Best
regards, yours,
Einstein.
152.
To
Heinrich
Zangger
[Berlin,]
Friday.
[26
November
1915][1]
Dear friend
Zangger,
With
dismay
I
see
that
you
must rest
and
that
you
are
in
pain;[2]
I
did
not
understand
the Latin
name
of
the
cause.
Please tell
me
in
German
or,
preferably,
tell
me
that
you
are
completely healthy again.
The
affair
involving
Heller makes
me
sorry
but
does
not
surprise
me.[3]
As
a
worker he
is
decidedly
second-rate. There
is
no room
for
sentimentality.
You
will
probably
have
to
decide
on a
long-term
dismissal. In
the
end
you
do
owe
it
to
the
others
and
to
yourself.
To R.
R.[4]
I
have
nothing to
say
that
could
interest
him
and that
could be
told
to him
along
this
route.
It
is
of
no
relevance
anyway.
I
am
going
to
try
to
procure
for
myself
the booklet
by
Klein.[5]
The
general
relativity
problem
is
now
finally
dealt
with.[6]
The
perihelion
motion of
Mercury
is
explained
wonderfully by
the
theory.[7]
Sun
Mercury
Rotation
of
the
entire
orbit around
the
Sun in
the
amount
of
ca.
45
arc sec.
in
100
years
in
the
sense
indic[ated]