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Vienna, August 23, 1914
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
Naturally I already took you as having joined up and referred to you yesterday as missing in a report to neutral Emden. So, I am all the readier to accept your offer to come to Vienna, where no limit on your time and indulgence has been set. Before October 1 I won't make any attempt at practice, which, incidentally, would be purely “symbolic,” now as later. I can't get to work at all. During the first week after Karlsbad I started out well, was able to use three to four hours for reading and reflection; at the end of this week it was very little, and today it has been a week since I have thought about science. Mental tasks that were too difficult had to be taken care of, and no sooner had one managed to adapt than there came a