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267A
Berlin
28 February 1915
Dear Professor,
This time I received your letter within three to four days. I hope mine will also reach you without difficulty.
I must first of all thank you for the proofs. I found nothing to criticize, from the first word to the last. To my great satisfaction, everything in this paper corresponds with my own experiences. When I say that this is the first of your papers that did not give me anything new, this should naturally only mean that this time I have not been compelled to learn anything anew. On the other hand my own observations were not yet so clearly organized; I therefore could still learn quite a great deal from the way the paper is structured.
I can only occasionally find time for writing. I am working on the short paper on pleasure from sucking. If I can carry the plan out, I should like to publish it as No. 1 in a small series, which is to deal with the pregenital organizations. I recently began treatment of a relatively simple case of obsessional neurosis that overwhelmingly confirms the theory you put forward in Munich.1 I should like to present this as No. 2 of the series, and No. 3 would then contain some contributions on the symptomatology of anal erotism.2—I have only just been able to study at leisure the new edition of the Three Essays. I have always had a preference for this work. I like it just as much in its new form. The findings of the last ten years fit in very well with the earlier ones.3
I often think how the war saved us from unpleasant discussions with the Swiss. When it is over we shall go our separate ways.
We too are wondering what our blockade against England will achieve. There are no authentic reports so far, but in the light of previous experiences, we may expect amazing facts to be disclosed one day. Our new war loan will probably be another complete success.4
It is still uncertain what is going to happen to me. For the time being I am still working at the hospital. However, the younger doctors in our hos