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Vienna, March 12, 1911
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
I no longer know how it came to be that you could be surprised by the latest events. I had much foreign correspondence and was finishing the Interpretation of Dreams. I will now fill you in on the essentials. The Adler debates have left behind a very unfavorable impression of him, and occasionally I had to put him down with a decisive word. The unconscious signs—forgetting, misspeaking—were against him, so he took the consequences and resigned. Stekel, who is now quite wild and is stirring up strong personal opposition to himself, took advantage of the opportunity to affirm his friendship with Adler.1 The rest took place very quietly. The fallen are pouting, are now sitting at the “foot” of the table and refusing to take part in the debates, etc. To be sure, I have that same impression that you were talking about, that it was not the right time to resign and that much damage has been done in the process; but I also have another one, namely, that there is only one of all the Viennese who has a scientific future, and that is little Rank, who has held on very valiantly alongside me.
Now, I admit that I would also like to get rid of both of them in the Zentralblatt, in order thereby to consummate the revenge for their behavior toward you and me at the Congress and also to place the organ entirely in my hands. But they know that and are careful, i.e., polite and accommodating.