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DOCS.
301,
302
FEBRUARY
1917
301.
To
Kathia Adler
Berlin, 20 February
[1917][1]
Dear Mrs.
Adler,[2]
Even
without the letter
from
your
brother,
I
had
the
strong urge
to write
you
but did
not
know
your
address. Your misfortune and
that
of
your
husband,
whom
I
have
always
admired,
touched
my
heart
deeply
like
little
else
that
I
have
witnessed in
this hard
world.[3] He is
one
of
the
most
splendid
and
purest
men
I
have
ever
known.[4] I
cannot
judge
his
deed,
since
I cannot
assess
the
motive
behind
it;
I
do not believe him
capable
of rash
acts;
he
is much too conscientious
for
that.
If
there
is
something
you
think
I
can
do
for
him
or
for
you,
think
of
me
and write
me.
I
am
sending you
in
the
same
post
the little
paper
on
Mach.[5]
It
is
not
particularly
good; my style
is
heavy
and
wooden, my knowledge
of
the
literature
poor.
Prof.
Ph[ilipp]
Frank
at
the
German
University
in
Prague
has
published
an
excellent
essay
on
Mach
(in Naturwissenschaften).[6]
He will
surely
gladly
send
you
a copy.
If he has
none
to
spare,
I
am
willing
to
lend
you mine,
if
I
can
find it in
the
chaos
of
my papers.
Warm
regards, yours,
A.
Einstein.
Please
convey my
cordial
greetings
to
your
father-in-law,
whom
I
met in Vienna.[7]
302. From
Georg
Nicolai
Langfuhr, Danzig,
133 Haupt Street, 26 February 1917
To Prof.
Albert
Einstein
Wilmersdorf,
Berlin
13
Wittelsbacher
Street
Esteemed
Professor,
I
come
back to
the
publisher
affair
again[1]
for two
reasons;
for
one,
because
this
is
of
practical importance,
as
you
will gather
from
the
following,
and
secondly,
because
I
would
not like
to have this matter, in which
obviously
some
misunder-
standings
have
played
a
part,
remain
as a
permanent
impediment
between
us.
I
was
prompted to
do
this
by a
letter that
Mr.
Rudolf Moos
had
directed
to
one
of
my
financial
backers,
Captain of
the
Cavalry Kellner,
in
response
to
his
inquiry
about
where he in fact
stood
on
the
matter
now.[2]
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