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396,
397
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER
1917
cannot be
settled
by declaring
“sources of
error
must
be
there, although
it
is
un-
known which
ones.” The
fantastic
matter
of
“negative
light
pressure”
also cries
out
for elucidation.[5]
I
am very
curious
what
you
will
achieve.
With
best
regards
and
best
wishes for these
pending projects, I
am
yours very
truly,
A.
Einstein.
397. From
Zofija
Smoluchowska-Baraniecka
Cracow,
27
Studencka,
8
November
1917
Highly
esteemed
Professor,
I
ought
to have answered
your
letter
of
September
23rd
long ago,
which
con-
veyed
such
warm
words and
profound
feelings.[1]
But it
was
too
hard
for
me
to
reply
to those
letters that
moved
me.
I
thank
you
very
much for
your
note,
which
I
value
especially highly
because
it
comes
from
someone
for whom
my
husband
has
always
had
sincere
admiration
and the
greatest respect
and true
sympathy.
Although
there
can
be
no
question
here
of
consolation,
it
is
nonetheless
bitter-
sweet to
see
how
everyone
admired
my
husband’s
work,
how
respected
and
loved
he
was:-indeed-he
knew how to win
the hearts
of
all.
A
few days
ago
I
was
informed in
a
letter
by
Dr. Berliner that
you
are
kindly
honoring
the
memory
of
my
husband
by
intending to
write
an
obituary
of his
so
tragically
and
abruptly
shattered
young life.[2]
I
immediately
sent Dr. Berliner
the
biographical
information
that
might possi-
bly
be needed
for
it,
which
he had
requested.
I would like to
thank
you
especially
for
your
intention.-
I
remember
very
well-how
pleased my
husband
was
with
your
postcard
last
year,
in which
you,
Professor,
informed him
that
you
were
discussing
his
papers
in
your
seminar;[3]
he
always
wanted to
answer
you-but
was so
overburdened
with his
responsibilities
as
dean
that
I
do not know if he
managed
to do
so.-
I
am
really pleased
at
the
honor
of
having my
husband’s
eulogy
flow
from
your
pen,
in
particular,
which
is
so
highly
esteemed
throughout
the
entire
scholarly
world.-
It
is
a
pity
that
we
cannot discuss in
person
so
many
things-especially
what
he often said
about
himself,
how he counted himself
among
the romanticists
in
science
(according
to
Ostwald’s
classification)[4]-and
what
a
profusion
of
started
papers,
of research
topics
he left
behind!-