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29 May 1908, Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
Though quite impatient during the long wait for your letter (symptomatic action: made a big tear in it when opening it), I gave myself the right explanation for your silence. And I can't regret it: Gross is such a fine man, with such a good mind, that your work must be regarded as a benefit to society. It would be a fine thing if a friendship and collaboration between the two of you were to grow out of this analysis. I must say I am amazed at how fast you young men work— such a task in only two weeks, it would have taken me longer. But one's judgment of a man is bound to be uncertain as long as he uses drugs to overcome his resistances.
I shall forward your enclosure to Deuticke; I am in complete agreement. If the number of pages in the volume should prove insufficient, I am sure he will have no objection to increasing it. Binswanger's contribution is most desirable. It “will do us no harm in the eyes of the right-minded.”1 I shall submit the “Analysis of a Phobia in a Five-year-old Boy” for the first number. Abraham will report on the Vienna literature with Rank's help; I shall press him to be as succinct as possible, and look through his article myself. I intend to write my piece in Berchtesgaden; it will be in your hands at the beginning of September. 1 January and 1 July strike me as good publication dates for the Jahrbuch.
You have not answered me on the subject of Moll. Of course it is not very important, but I should like a reply from you and Bleuler so I can wind up my correspondence with him.
Just as I expected, there has been a great upsurge in our movement since the founding of the Jahrbuch. Things have become very lively in my circle as well. I venture to hope that you people will soon force me back into the second rank of warriors, which disposes of one of my two great worries.
Otherwise, I am counting the days till the holidays, when I shall be able to work in peace and also get my corpus back into shape