“Short and good, from lowest to highest, my dear nephew above all, remain well-disposed toward me!” R.’s toast to Kurt Kessinger. We take a heartfelt leave of our relatives. Gloomy, dreary weather—in the evening in the golden salon, no reading save a travel account of Prof. Haeckel: [1] Brussa. [2]
[1] Emil Haeckel. (1834-1919), German naturalist, zoologist, and oceanographer, famous for his works on evolutionary history, “Welträtsel” (World Riddles); he wrote numerous travel sketches about his research trips—India, Ceylon, Java, the Red Sea, and the Canary Islands.
[2] In Anatolia, Asia Minor.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.