You do not currently have permission to view the full text for this document. Please sign in to an account with an active subscription or contact support.
at present Leermoos
Hotel drei Mohren
18 Aug. 30
Dear Professor Freud,
The doctors say that I must take care of my eyes, but what point would there be in that, if I couldn't write to you personally to say how my heart was warmed by the good town of Frankfort bestowing upon you the Goethe Prize. For pleasure in someone else's success is the finest pleasure there is, and you too must surely have felt some pleasure about this and perhaps have felt also that your deep pessimism about the future of analysis is not quite justified after all. This Goethe Prize has not been tarnished by being bestowed too lightly; without overestimating Stefan George, he is certainly a man who has never compromised; Albert Schweitzer is an almost overwhelming figure in this day and age (do you know anything about him?) and now you—the most upright, the most fearless standard-bearer for the use of human reason. The town of Frankfort is to be congratulated ! For you we wish a peaceful holiday on the Grundlsee after your exhausting time in Berlin,1 and may you be able to enjoy the evening sunshine there. With warmest greetings to your family, and especially to Fräulein Anna.
Ever yours
Arnold Zweig
Reference to Freud's stay in Berlin to be treated by Prof. Schröder prior to the making of a new prosthesis for his jaw.