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228F
Karlsbad, Villa Fasolt
15 July 1914
Dear Friend,
Today I sent Rank a letter to be circulated which I had from Pfister.1 He expresses his willingness to separate from Jung and enter the Viennese group if the Zurich people walk out, as they plan to do. So we had wrong reports of him, and the chances of reaching our goal are good.
Of course I have not the slightest intention of dropping Reik. The first thing I did was to send him 200 Mk and give him a bit of a dressingdown
in a letter.2 I hope he will then take something regularly and give up working against himself so persistently. He is a good chap, intelligent and modest. But he cannot really compare himself with Rank. It is true that the Association has done a very great deal for Rank. But R. would not have gone under if none of us had bothered about him. He would have found others; I know of few people who can make themselves so generally loved and deserving. Also, Rank was there earlier. Perhaps Reik has a sibling rivalry complex in this respect. He was astonished to hear that he has completely withheld several brothers from my knowledge.
Your suggestion of putting in a claim for a prize for him at the Congress is very much to my liking. Of course, only if we are among ourselves at the Congress. Up to then we will not let him suffer any deprivation, even if I cannot make him rich. Has his wife not brought anything with her?
We have settled in very comfortably here and are consuming the expected royalties for The Interpretation of Dreams. It is just appallingly hot, but probably not only in Karlsbad.
Do not be sparing with your news, which I always rate so highly, and keep me up to date with your holiday plans.
With cordial greetings to you, with wife and children,