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DOCS. 497-499
APRIL
1918
on
its foundations beforehand.
I
would be
exceedingly grateful
if
you
would
present to
the
Berlin
Academy
the
note
of
16
1/2
octavo
pages
sent out in
the
same
post.[2]
It
would be
preferable
to
me
to
be able to read
the
correction
proofs
once myself;
the
resulting
printing
delay
of
about
2 weeks
is,
in
any case,
not
an
issue for
me,
and
I
am
then
sparing you
this effort
as
well.[3]
At
the
end of
next
week
I
shall be back in Zurich.
I
hope
it
is
possible
for
you
to
come
to
Switzerland
in
the
summer
for
a longer
period
and
convalesce
there
thoroughly!
With
many
thanks
in advance and best
regards, reverentially
and
devotedly
yours,
H.
Weyl
P.S.
I
have
accepted
the
call to
Breslau.[4]
498. To
Hermann
Weyl
[Charlottenburg,]
6
April
1917[18][1]
Dear
Colleague,
I
shall be
pleased
to submit
your
paper[2]
to
the
Academy
next
Thursday[3]
and
see
to
it that
you
receive
the
correction
proofs.[4]
I
am
very
curious
about
the
content.
I heartily
wish
you
luck with
your
new post.[5]
For Zurich
it
is
unfortunately
a
great
loss!
With
best
regards,
yours very truly,
A. Einstein.
Your
paper
has arrived.
It
is
a
first-class
stroke
of genius. However,
I
have
not
been able
to
settle
my measuring-rod
objection
yet.[6]
More
details
on
this
another
time.
499. To Hermann
Weyl
[Berlin,]
Monday
[8
April
1918]
Dear
Colleague,
I
beg you
to send
me
immediately a
brief
abstract
of
your
paper
for
the
Sitzungsberichte.[1] (Length
5-6 printed
lines.)
This
really
should
definitely
come
from
your pen.
In
any
event,
I
am
submitting
the
paper
on
Thursday.
If
your
summary
is
not here
by
then
and
I
cannot
delay
the
printing
anymore,
I
shall
write
the
abstract
myself.-
Your chain of
reasoning
is
so
wonderfully
self-contained.[2]
The deduction
of
the
dimension number
4
impressed
me
very
much
as
well.[3]
The
decomposition
of