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Kreuzlingen, 3 May 1929
169B
Dear Professor Freud,
As I have done each year for many years past,1 I send you my very best wishes for 6 May, this time with special gratitude and joy that you are still with us, and with the special wish that you may long continue to be so. In my present state the mere thought of your existence lends me support and spurs me on to persevere and to continue my work. You may find that selfish of me, and could reply with justification that you have achieved and existed enough and that you ought now to be granted your rest. But what I saw of you eighteen months ago on the Semmering leads me to think that life still has quite a few things to offer you. And I believe that the knowledge that you can be a stay and comfort to your friends in need and in darkness is not the least merit attaching to your existence. And so today I repeat my thanks for everything you have given me through your work and in your person for a quarter-century, including your words of sympathy on the death of my eldest son.
I wish you above all a very good summer on the Semmering, your own good health and the health of all your dear ones. My wife, who stands so bravely by my side, joins me in sending you greetings.
Ever yours, [L. Binswanger]
The first occasion for which there is evidence is 1916, cf. 110F.