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31 October 1909
Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19
Dear Dr. Jones,
Your letter gave me much satisfaction (I am too busy to write in English, but will try to be clear). I did note your inhibitions and think they were the reason why you were not really in favor of my trip to America. You were afraid that I would thwart your intentions and now you admit that this trip only promoted our cause. You have a particular need for complicated plans, instead of taking a direct route, and all sorts of other things may hide behind this constitutional predilection.
You treated our good friend Brill with unmistakable hostility and disdain, no doubt also out of personal motives, in other words, complex related motives. Now, I think, the cause is too great and vast, and we would not accomplish anything by means of clever delaying tactics. One could too easily run the risk of becoming deceitful and hide the essentials, which is in direct conflict with the spirit of Ψ A. It has always seemed to me best to behave in such a manner as if the freedom to talk about sexuality were self-evident and calmly face the inevitable resistance. Offense will here be the best defense. I believe there are hopeful signs that you will head for our way of thinking with increased confidence and conviction.
I was very pleased that the fate of the Hamlet essay was decided so favorably. A slight misunderstanding has crept in between us regarding the derivation of Shakespeare's name. I did not mean Jacques père but Jacques Pierre, which is not an uncommon combination of two forenames. The derivation was given to me by a very erudite old gentleman, Prof. Gentilli, who now lives in Nervi.1 If you have anything on Shakespeare's other dramas it will certainly be worth exploring. I myself have collected some material on Macbeth. I can offer no definite opinion on your mania case.2 The analysis seemed very fragmentary to me and the relation of orgasm to the stimulus words uncertain. Perhaps the person continued to fantasize witho