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Küsnach-Zürich, 24 May 1910
Dear Professor Freud,
Now I have had to get in arrears myself to keep the parallelism going. When you failed to answer me for so long it occurred to me to ask you what was wrong. But I consoled myself with the thought that you must have had good reasons for not writing. I hope your influenza is better and is no longer impeding your strenuous work. I also hope you have good news of your daughter. Here all is well internally, but war rages on the frontier—war with Bleuler, who has refused to join our Society. That is why everything has been held up so idiotically. Also, as a result of our Pyrrhic victory, we have no suitable person in Zürich for a president. In the interim I must act as chairman together with Riklin. To mitigate somewhat the wartime conditions of the transition period, I have promised to hold a public meeting as soon as occasion offers, at which “dissenters” can be present. But my pent-up wrath is so great that I shall take revenge in one way or another. I'm only waiting for an opportunity. As soon as we are strong enough, the whole obstreperous gang can be kicked out. At any rate I'll have 10-12 people on my side, all quite “young” with the exception of Pfister, Binswanger, and Maeder. I wanted Pfister for president, but