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23.10.1923
Dear Professor Freud,
I can give you the welcome news that all is in order again in our Swiss society….
When things get serious everyone realises what a great and magnificent thing analysis is, and what an enrichment of life it means to him. It brought an unparalleled illumination into my life, and I cannot thank you enough for all you have done for me by your discoveries and your personal kindness to me. If I am able to work really hard for analysis during the years that remain to me I shall be a happy man, no matter what other things life may have in store for me. Also I rejoice that the small band that met at Weimar in 1911 has grown into a whole army that looks up to you in admiration and veneration. Now care must be taken to ensure that the wine of your work is not watered down. I am delighted that Berlin now insists on a three-year training course in psycho-analysis. If anything, that is on the short side….
Seventeen volumes either written or edited by me now stand on my book-shelf, including translations. Should I not slow down a bit? But it is so hard not to write when one has learnt such great and important things from you….