Dear Nathaniel,

Just now I spoke with Klemens on the phone,
and I'm writing to remind you of my thesis
that the purpose of money is to buy freedom.
Don't feel that you have to stay to get your 
money's worth. I put myself in your place
and I go up the wall. I surmise that what
you're learning is how NOT to conduct, and
what sort of professional environment to
avoid at all costs. I wouldn't be surprised
that what you have learned in a negative,
dialectical way is more valuable by far than
what they're presuming to teach you.

Alles pruefe der Mensch, sagen die Himmlischen,
Dass er kraeftig genaehrt danken fuer alles lern,
Und verstehe die Freiheit,
Aufzubrechen, wohin er will.
Hoelderlin - Lebenslauf

(Let a man test all things, say the immortals,
that healthily nourished, he learn to thank for them all,
and understand the freedom
to hit the road, whereever he wants to go.)

Come back soon!

Jochen