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443,
444
JANUARY
1918
a
command of the
allied
field of
physics
and who
is
equal
to
the
most difficult
tasks
both
in observational
method
and in their
theoretical evaluation.
His
papers
on
the
elasticity
of
the Earth
are
sufficient
confirmation of
this
assertion of mine.[7]
Listing
more names
and
then
proposing a single
one
amongst
all of
them
would be
presumptuous of
me.
For such
types
of appointments,
personal
motives
as
well
as
order of
precedence
must
usually
also be drawn into
the
consideration,
of
course,
and
judging
this
is
not
my business, yet may
I
be
permitted
to
close
with
a
word of
warning.
In
the
appointment,
youth
should not be
regarded
as
a shortcoming
but
as an advantage,
“for
art
is
long,
life short.”
This
old
saying
rings
true most
convincingly
in research
like
that
in
geodesy,
which
requires
a
lifetime
and
more
in order to
come
to
a
certain
close.
More
I
cannot and should not
say regarding
the
question posed
to
me;
it
was
a
pleasure
for
me, though,
and
an
honor to be allowed to be
so
expansive already.
Yet I must
ask
you
to
make allowances for
the
delay
in
my response.
After
months
of constant illness
and,
at
the
end,
a
serious
operation,[8]
I
had
a
large heap
of
items in
arrears
that
had
to
be
attended
to
in
the last
few weeks.
Accept,
esteemed
Colleague,
the
expression
of
my
deepest respect, yours truly,
Roland Eötvös.
444.
From
Heinrich
Zangger
[Arosa,
28 January
1918]
Dear friend
Einstein,
With
Tedi
in
Arosa.[1]
It
has all been
arranged
until
spring; you
don’t need
to
worry
about
anything
unusual
anymore.
Tedi
is
feeling very
well. D O.
will
take
another
X-ray.
He
can
probably
come
down in
1
month-February-and
go
to school
in
the
spring.
Regards
from
both
of
us,
Zangger
Tedi.[2]