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Vienna, December 21, 1924
Dear Doctor,
I am really rather pleased that you have a sympathetic view of Keyserling. I could not make him out when I met him. Of course I never contemplated a polemical battle with him. My remarks in this direction arose from the fear that you might suspect such intentions behind my questions. But then his remarks on psychoanalysis96 in his most recent essay were particularly naive.
I am, of course, disturbed by a trait of yours which I would like to influence, even though I know that I shall not make much headway. I am sorry that you want to erect a wall between yourself and the other lions in the congress menagerie. It is difficult to practice analysis in isolation. It is an exquisitely sociable undertaking. It would be much better if we roared and cried together in unison and in the same boat, instead of grumbling in our different corners. You know how much I value your personal affection, but it is time for you to transfer some of it on to