DOCS.
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37
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
1914 43
operation,[5]
etc. That’s
how it
came
about that
I
have
nothing
left. On
the
1st
of
October
when
I
receive
my salary
I
shall
send
you Fr. 400 immediately
and
the
same
amount
at
the
beginning
of
each
month.[6]
I
may
be in
the
position
to
send
more,
but
I consider
it
preferable
to
save
up
as
much
as
possible;
I
myself
lead
the
simplest,
almost
meager
existence
imaginable.
In
this
way we can
lay quite
a
lot
aside for
the
children.
Do write
me
whether
you
still have not
been able to
withdraw
anything from
the Kantonalbank.
I
have
duly
noted
your
threat
“to
seek
the
assistance of
other
persons”; I
know
very
well
anyway
from
your previous
behavior
what
I
have
to
expect
from
you.
Nothing
will
surprise me,
no
matter what
you
do. You
have
taken
my
children
away
from
me
and
are
ensuring
that their attitude
toward
their
father
is
vitiated.
You
will
also take
away
from
me
other
people
who
are
close to
me
and
will
try
to
spoil
in
every
way
whatever has
remained of
my joy
of
living.
This
is
the
proper punishment
for
my
weakness
in
allowing myself
to shackle
my
life
to
yours.
But
I
repeat:
You will
not
surprise
me, no
matter what
you
do.
I shall return
the
keys
to
you
sometime.
Best
regards
to
the
Wohlwends[7]
&
kisses to
the children.
Albert.
Next
month
I
am
exceptionally sending
Fr. 500
so
that
you
all
are
very
sure
to
get
by.
I
hope
that
you
have informed
the
Augustinerhof
of
your
new address;[8]
I
have addressed
a
number
of
telegrams
and
money
to
there.
37. To Adolf Schmidt
[Berlin,]
30
October
1914
Highly
esteemed
Colleague,[1]
Thank
you very
much for
your
valuable clarification
at
the last
meeting[2]
and for
sending me
the
description
of
your so superbly functioning
device.[3]
Meanwhile,
our
colleague
Berliner has been
so
kind
as
to
send
me
your
article
on
the
correlation
factor.[4] I
see
that the
essence
of
my
reflections
is
not
new
and
do not consider it
justified
to
publish
the
same.
Nonetheless
I
am
sending you
my manuscript[5]
so
that
you
can
judge
as a
well-versed
specialist
whether
there
is
anything
new
of
any
importance
in it.
I
am so
bold
as
to demand
this
of
you
only
because
my
manuscript is just
3-1/2
pages long,
thus
only
requiring a
little
time.