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19 June 1910, Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
I am really sorry to hear of all your overwork and irritation and thank you very much for your friendly explanations. You mustn't suppose that I ever “lose patience” with you; I don't believe these words can apply to our relationship in any way. In all the difficulties that confront us in our work we must stand firmly together, and now and then you must listen to me, your older friend, even when you are disinclined to. You see, if you had taken my advice right away in regard to Honegger a good many difficulties would have been avoided. It was to be foreseen that in your position and with your practice you would need an assistant. You might have been more generous about it, less concerned with the expense, especially as you had no need to worry after the rich yield of your trip to America.
Naturally I was very much dismayed not to see you take a firm stand in your first official functions. You know how jealous they all are—here and elsewhere—over your privileged position with me (it is the same with Ferenczi; I mean, his closeness to me is equally begrudged), and I think I am justified in feeling that what people say against you as a result is being said against me.
In any case I must enlighten you about matters in Vienna. The Vienna Society was set up long ago, but not officially, and if it is to submit its statutes to the public authorities, it must include those of the parent organization. Also they were waiting to be asked to pay dues and for the publication of the Bulletin according to decisions