DOCS.
601,
602
AUGUST
1918
627
February.
I
ask
for
no more
than the
reimbursement of
my expenses which,
with
my
modest
requirements,
is
of
little
consequence.
I would take Else
along,
who
cooks for
me.
This solution
seems
to
me a
very
favorable
one
and it
would
be
a
great pleasure
for
me
to
carry
out this
plan.
Write
me
immediately
what
you
think
of
it,
that
is, again
to
5
Haberland
St.
Cordial
regards, yours,
Einstein.
602. To
Edgar Meyer
Ahrenshoop,
18
August
1918
Dear Mr.
Meyer,
Yesterday
a
letter
from
my
friend
Zangger arrived,
today
yours,
and
both
put
me
in
quite
a
fluster. On
the
one
hand, grateful
devotion
to
Berlin,
where
my
colleagues
and the authorities
are obliging me
in
every
conceivable
way, on
the
other
hand,
my
dear
Zurich, my hometown,
to which
I
as a
convinced
democrat
am
attached
now
in these times
more
than
ever.[1]
You
can hardly imagine
a
worse
emotional conflict than this
one was.
But
now
I
think
I
have
a
satisfactory
solution for
all
sides.
I
keep my positions
in
Berlin
but
come
to Zurich twice
annually
for
(about)
5
weeks each
time.
I would
use
each
of these
stays
to
give
twelve two-hour
lectures.[2]
It
is just
unclear to
me
whether these
courses
should take
place
during
vacation time
or
during
the
semester, furthermore,
whether
general
introductory
courses,
covering
the
main
fields
of
theory
over
two
years,
or courses on
special
topics
would be
more
appropriate to
your
needs.
I
would be content
if
Fr 1200
were
awarded
to
me
for such
a
course,
in order to
defray
the
costs
for
the
trip
and
the
stay, so your budget
would thus be
minimally
burdened and
through
this
arrangement
your professorship appointment options
would
be very
little
affected.
I
do not
doubt that the
Academy
and
the
K.
W.
Institute
would
kindly
overlook
such
short
absences,
and
yet
in this
way
I
could
accomplish
almost
as
much in
Zurich
as
if
I
were
constantly
there.
Kindly
consider
this
proposal
with
the
authorities.
Perhaps
you
will
find it
reasonable
as
well.
For
me
also it would be
a
great pleasure
to be able
to
teach
in
my
home
country
again,
without
others
being
able to
accuse
me
justifiably
of
some
form
of
unthankfulness.-
You
cannot
imagine
how
strange
it
seems
to
me
that
so
much fuss
is
being
made
over
me.
I
cannot
do
any differently
than