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Freud, S. (1873). Letter from Sigmund Freud to Emil Fluss, June 16, 1873. Letters of Sigmund Freud 1873-1939, 3-6

Letter from Sigmund Freud to Emil Fluss, June 16, 1873

Sigmund Freud

Vienna, at night
June 16, 1873

Dear Friend

If I didn't shrink from making the silliest joke of our facetious century, I would just say: “The Matura1 is dead, long live the Matura.” But I like this joke so little that I wish the second Matura were over, too. Despite secret qualms of conscience and feelings of remorse I wasted the week following the written exam, and ever since yesterday I have been trying to compensate for the loss by filling up thousands of old gaps. You never would listen when I accused myself of laziness, but I know better and feel there is something in it.

Your curiosity over the Matura will have to be content with cold dishes as it comes too late and after the meal is finished, and unfortunately I can no longer furnish an impressive description of all the hopes and doubts, the perplexity and hilarity, the light that suddenly dawned upon one, and the inexplicable windfalls that were discussed “among colleagues”-to do this the written exam i

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