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Vienna IX, Berggasse 19
3 July 1915

Dear Friend,

My having failed to answer you for so long is due not to one single motivation, but to a very multiple one, which I shall now try to break down into its component parts. First of all there was probably an intention to imitate you in your long silence, which had already caused me concern. This was, indeed, not groundless, as your child's severe illness fell into that interval. Then there was the impact of our splendid victories, which expressed itself in increased working ability, with the result that today I am already working on the 11th of the intended 12 papers. As a result of the interval I got into a muddle and do not know what I have already sent to you. Some of what has already passed the manuscript stage is indeed transportable. I am in a similar situation with Ferenczi, who is so much nearer and turns up in Vienna occasionally. Our correspondence undergoes the strangest interruptions, and I cannot