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Budapest, November 29, 1908
VII., Erzsébet-körút 54
Dear Professor,
I thank you very much for your extensive letter, which pleased me very much, although it meant a postponement of the trip to Vienna which I had planned for tomorrow and was eagerly awaiting. I will not postpone carrying out these plans for long, however; perhaps I will use the Christmas
vacation to that end. I may make so free as to inquire still earlier (by telephone) whether there is no obstacle, and come still earlier.—The announcement of the Technique has very pleasantly surprised me; we have great need of it; it would spare us much effort and disappointment. There must, however, be something painful in simply yielding this knowledge, with such difficulty and so many sacrifices, to us youngsters. The greatness of the gift that you bestow upon us with this will certainly be appreciated by everyone who has up to now advanced in such a paltry fashion without this aid.
I hope that before my trip to Vienna I will finish a small paper1 which will also touch on the technical side of the analyses and whose substance I have already put together, so that I will not come with empty hands. But I can't tell you this for certain; and if I do share it with you, it is only because in so doing I want to force myself to greater diligence.
I hope that the illness in your family is not serious and that this obstacle to my visit will soon be eliminated. (This wish is not to be understood as purely egoistic.)
Cordially,
Dr. Ferenczi
The matter of the Hungarian dream book is very close to my heart. I also want to speak to you about it in Vienna.2