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Allenstein
12 March 1918
Dear Professor,
A few days ago I heard from Sachs that at the moment you have the joy of seeing all three sons home on leave. Certainly this time, however short it might be, has had a favourable effect on your mood. May a quick end to the war enable them to come home altogether, so that they can rest on their well-deserved laurels! I often think how hard it must have been for you and your wife to bear such worries for all these years. How are your two sons-in-law?
I sent for the book by Simmel and Schnee and have just read it. I too am amazed at the achievement and even more by the courage of the conviction, of the author as well as of his protector. I shall get in touch with the author and may thus be able to contribute something to winning him completely over to our interests. I find many of my own hospital experiences confirmed in the book. Perhaps a meeting with him may be possible, as Posen lies on the way from Allenstein to Berlin.
Our journals are continuing after all! Since we have managed to keep them going for so long, they will probably stay alive until peace comes. Whenever there is a small spark of hope making one think of peace, plans for projects automatically seem to start up in my mind. I must confess to you that I am already preparing a paper for the next Congress on giving a prognosis in Ψα treatment. I do not have sufficient material for other theoretical papers, but think I can speak definitively on a practical problem of this kind on the basis of my seven years' experience before the war. There are other reasons too for choosing such a subject.
The hard East Prussian winter seems to be about to end earlier this year than it usually does. At the beginning of April we have to move into another residence, very small-town, in an old house, but at least with a big garden, which is wonderful for the children. While my wife and I think nostalgically of Berlin, the children are completely happy in the small town.
Hoping to have go