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Budapest, October 28, 1912
VII., Erzsébet-körút 54
(postscript)
Dear Professor,
Just received your letter. Naturally, I will put myself at your disposal and that of the cause without hesitation, and I am prepared to assume the editorship, in which I am naturally counting on your support. But if for any reason you transfer the editorial duties to someone else, I will support him to the best of my ability.
I have no doubt that Stekel will fail miserably in his attempt to publish the Zentralblatt alone, but I think he will reconsider and eat crow. Bergmann will also probably reconsider before he decides in favor of Stekel.
I feel freer and more battle-ready since we have begun to set aside the many precautions which the “semi-adherents” have forced us to make.
The article on technique is very nice, its tone superior, free: one notices that you are speaking the plain truth, unconcerned about the interests of others. In the end, the loss of our “friends” will signify the beginning of a scientific blossoming of psychoanalysis. Too long have we allowed ourselves to be duped by the phrase “free expression of opinion”; it finally came to the point where Jung, Adler, and Stekel were proliferating things in our organs that completely contradict the spirit of ΨA.—The new editorship will be much stricter and, if necessary, let harsh criticism reign!
I thank you for your critical remark about my view of Jung's libido paper, and I will endeavor to make the discussion come out as objective as possible, with all necessary harshness.
Kind regards! Request news soon.
Ferenczi