[Barracks, St. Gallen],
6 October 1911

Dear Professor Freud,

Our letters, as you will have observed, crossed.1 Like you, I have been afflicted with a frightful cold but thank goodness am over the worst of it now.

I return Specht's2 letter herewith. What the underlying sentiments are can be seen from the simple fact that in spite of his gushing enthusiasm for ΨA he has not yet brought himself to invite a single one of its spokesmen to contribute. This tells us much more, it seems to me, than all the pretty words that may be found in private letters. That he prefers people like Münsterberg or Sommer3 to you (or even “Ach”4 in Königsberg, Lord have mercy on us, Ach!) is a scandal