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[?] October 1922
81 Harley Street, London
Dear Professor,
It seems long since I wrote to you in Vienna. I hope that your native air soon completed the cure of your cold, and that you are in a good mood to face the coming session. I wonder what is your opinion of Money-Kyrle? In spite of his lack of discipline I think he has a keen and powerful mind if only it could be clarified and freed of inhibitions.
I trust you were satisfied with my conducting of the Congress. It was not too easy to keep a clear head with so much pressure in all directions, but I enjoyed the experience and had the impression that the Congress was in general a success in spite of the excess of papers. Next time we must weed them out more strictly.
I was glad to hear from the R-Br. [Rundbrief] that you liked my Adolescence paper.1 It created a good impression here, and the Principal of the London Educational Institute so far lost his sense of proportion as to call it the most important contribution to educational theory for many years. But, as I indicated in the previous R-Br., I am not happy about our recapitulation theory and wish we could enlist the services of a good modern biologist. If Tansley were more advanced or experienced I would discuss it with him, but he is not yet sure of the ontogenetic side of the Oedipus complex, let alone the phylogenetic or prehistoric.
I was very distressed at the latest difficulty with Hiller, and should be glad if you could suggest any further action I could undertake. I used all