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10 May 1908, Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
Thank you for your birthday wishes;1 let us as always confront the future with confidence; it looks promising.
These last few days I have been wondering how we might establish closer scientific ties between Zürich and Vienna, so as not to lose sight of each other between now and the next Congress. Do you think it would be a good idea to supply you or your Zürich Society regularly with the proceedings of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society? Or does a weekly exchange of scientific news between the two of us seem preferable? It wouldn't put too much of a burden on you? I always find time for it. I should not like your multifarious other occupations to divert you entirely from your Ψanalytic work on neuroses, which is after all the basis of our whole undertaking.
Once we have the Jahrbuch, I presume it will be possible to publish the proceedings of our societies.
We didn't manage to talk enough about A. in Salzburg. An experience of my own2 gives me a vague idea of how you feel, but this time I think you are much too hard on him. I am sure there was no animus injuriandi on his part. I threw out the suggestion, he heard it from you and corresponded with me about it as well. His appropriation of it is perfectly acceptable to me, I only regret that you didn't appropriate it. I believe that your reaction to him must be interpreted as a summation of your previous reactions.
As reporter on the Vienna literature I should like to propose little Rank rather than Ab. You know from his “Artist” how well he can