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19 November 1913
69 Portland Court, London
Dear Professor Freud,
I am hoping that my saying about Jung may be more than a jest. He communicates with Mrs. Eder,1 whom I saw last night, and they take the view that he would be glad to dissolve the Vereinigung if only he could get your consent! They are bringing pressure to bear on him in this direction, so it is possible that, if we are cautious and silent, what we wish may be brought about from the other side. Jung is probably impatient at the remaining bonds between Zurich and Vienna, and may be glad to go his own way quite independently.
Dr. Constance Long, our fourth London member, and Drs. Young [Omaha] and Hamill [Chicago], of the American Association, are going to Jung to be analysed.2 He is helped much by his knowledge of English, and also by having an English-speaking woman (Moltzer).
I was impressed by your remark about Putnam, etc., seeking gratification rather than science, and the episode shows how novel and insecure the scientific attitude still is in the world. Your own rigid adherence to it has always called forth my admiration. Progress in culture has always meant renunciation of wish-phantasies, with courage in facing and accepting cold reality, and mankind is for the most part nothing if not timid.
I am not sure whether it will be best for me to visit you in Berlin or in Vienna. The distance is not very important. In the former case I see only Abraham, whose attitude seems similar to my own, while in the latter case I see Ferenczi, Rank, Sachs, Hitschmann and Heller, also Loe.