DOCS. 526-528 APRIL-MAY
1918 545
you
then
state
my
desire to refrain from
publication
in
the
Sitzungsber.
I do not
find the
Academy’s position justified;
but
I
must concede
to Nernst:[3]
if
your
objection
is
correct,
which would
mean
that
my theory consequently
has
nothing
to do
with
reality,
then it
is
worthless, despite
all
the
“profundity
and
boldness”[4]
you
extol in it. Thus
I
still do have faith.
But
these difficulties
you
have
with
the
paper’s
submission
are
quite
exasperating
for
me.
Once
again,
cordial thanks!
With best
regards, yours,
H.
Weyl
(You
know
what
my
attitude
is
toward
you;
I
may surely dispense
with
repeatedly
couching
them
in conventional formalities
like
“most
devotedly,” etc.)
527. From Marga
Planck[1]
[Berlin,]
30 April 1918
Esteemed
Professor,
Thank
you
very
much indeed for
sending
us
your “sermon,”
which
we
read
to
each
other
once more yesterday.[2]
We
delighted
in
your
thoughts
again
and
now
appreciate
possessing
them
as a
souvenir
of
the
wonderful
evening.[3]
Also-this
I
would
like
to
express
to
you
today-I
personally
am
quite especially pleased
that
my
husband has found such
a warm
friend in
you!
With best
regards, yours,
Marga
Planck.
528. To
Paul
Ehrenfest
[Berlin, 1
May
1918]
Dear
Ehrenfest,
Hilbert
writes
me
that
he received
your
letter
and
that
he
understands
your
attitude.
I
think it
is
not
right
to
blow off
steam at such
men.[1]
Imagine
if
you
had
been
appointed
to
Göttingen
a
few
years ago
instead of to
Leyden
and
were now
held to account for
the
great
reprehensible machinery!
I
have
said
nothing
about
the
matter to Planck.
He is like
a
child
in
public
matters and would
understand
you as
little
as a
cat
understands
the
Our
Father.-