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In this little study Hanns Sachs traces the connections between Freud's emotional reactions to the heroes of his youth and the development of that part of his character which appeared in his attitude towards his own work and towards success in general. In his younger years Freud's heroes were men who were leaders in the war against injustice and oppression. As a Semitic leader, Hannibal was a particularly appropriate hero during Freud's Gymnasialjahre when he first experienced antisemitic tendencies directed against him by his classmates. His daydreams centered around the idea of becoming a fighter, and later on a political leader and statesman, who would gain justice for the racial minority to which he belonged. These ideas underwent a definite change when, under the influence of Goethe's essay Natur, he decided to turn to the study of medicine and 'for the medical man the career of a minister is out of the question'. After his first analytic findings had been rejected by the medical profession he took a further step in this withdrawal from early ideals. He then decided 'that science during my life time would take no