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17 February 1908, Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
May I, after adequate preparation, cast off the “colleague” in expressing my satisfaction that your influenza has been vanquished and that your silence did not result from any complex. I can sympathize with your complaints, for I myself have not been feeling very bright1 since my illness, and have been beset by all kinds of little difficulties that I would naturally prefer to do without. Especially here in Vienna it is so easy to get the impression that nothing can be done, that nothing can be changed, that one is attempting the impossible, helping Sisyphus to roll his stone,2 etc. But these moods pass and I still have a long wait until the holidays.
You have no doubt received my little paper with the hysteria formulas. Other trifles are forthcoming; I am determined not to let any more work be wrung from me, such work always turns out far inferior to what one does spontaneously. Take my urgent advice, arm yourself with ill temper against all unreasonable demands. We definitely need a journal of our own. I am sure you will resume your efforts as soon as your temperature is down to normal. To start a German publication would not be at all bad; with your name you should have no difficulty in finding a decent German publisher. Deuticke would certainly be willing, but to be born in Vienna is no advantage for a new undertaking. I can't see why your Diagn. Asso. Studies should stand in the way. The papers for the second volume could continue to be published in their old place, and when you come to the third volume3 you could change over, if that is still your plan.
I shall attend to our accommodations in Salzburg as soon as you let me know how many people are expected. From here there will be from twelve to fourteen; though I hope that not all those who have applied will come, because they are not all fit to exhibit. Here I must often content myself with very little. — If there is still time to do anything about the p