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Budapest, November 16, 1910
VII., Erzsébet-körút 54
Dear Professor,
Many thanks for the interesting “cases of transference.” They will go into the collection! In the meantime I experienced something of this sort from my homosexual patient. E.g., the day before yesterday I was talking with Frau G. about my vanity complex and was citing to her your views about the childishness and nonsense that lie in fantasies of immortality (immortality in the sense of fame after death). I was also talking about my own desire for notoriety and money. That took place in the morning.
At six o' clock in the evening, in analysis, the following occurs to my homosexual:
1.) A poem that begins with the (Hungarian) words: “When I run through my bumpy path and find peace in the grave,” etc. Thereupon, 2.) “Prof. Freud is an egoist if he counts on being famous after his death. It is egoistic to seek money or fame; it serves the person and not humanity.”—