Vienna, June 13, 1909
IX., Berggasse 19

Dear colleague,

Thanks for your letter and excerpt. The “modifications” are of no consequence. They are attempts to “adapt” to things [sich die Dinge “anzueignen”],1 as our language states with such incisive double meaning; priority is of no consequence, and the whole matter has developed so much in the full light of day that obfuscations will not be able to endure for long. Otherwise, your judgment is certainly correct; honesty will not be any more frequent a phenomenon in America than it is in Europe; progress is also not to be expected from that quarter

But we won't let ourselves be distracted from the pleasure of the beautiful vacation trip, which we won't otherwise take too seriously.

You already know from Jung himself that he has received an invitation to give three lectures at our celebration on a topic which has been given