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434A
Berlin-Grünewald
8 March 1924
Dear Professor,
I knew that with my last letter I would cause you pain. I shall not try to describe how difficult it was for me to write all this. My doubts on how you would receive my revelations referred really only to the fact that I had once again confronted you with the necessity of having to listen to very serious criticisms of two who stand so close to you. Neither in my letter nor at any time previously have I suggested that it is difficult to discuss factual differences with you. My opinion is exactly the opposite.—I can only admire over and over again your readiness in this respect. Just as little have I ever felt myself slighted by you. On the contrary, at our meetings in the Harz and in Lavarone, I felt that you deemed me worthy of your very special confidence. It is 17 years, dear Professor, since I first met you, and in all these years I have always felt happy that I could count myself among those closest to you; and nothing has changed about this even today. I do not wish the slightest doubt about this to arise.