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379F
Vienna IX, Berggasse 19
21 June 1920
Dear Friend,
This is the true Berlin energy again. Phew, what a programme, and how many flies you intend to hit with these repeated swipes! Well, I am tremendously pleased that so much is going on in Berlin, and that you too are beginning to be convinced of the impossibility of restricting Ψα to the doctors (cf. Reuss-Pollak). Best of all is the installation of Sachs. If he retains his health, you will have a great and lasting gain in him. We could do nothing for him.
Now comes the snag! I shall not be able to take on the excellent role that you destined for me. I shall probably not be present at the Berlin week at all. The first and external reason for this is as follows. Between Gastein (the end of August) and the Congress (8 September) there is one week left, with which I can do nothing except travel to The Hague via Berlin—Hamburg. After the Congress I shall either stay in Holland and meet a friend from London (Loë Jones, now Mrs Herbert Jones),1 who has announced herself, or leave there quickly to catch Ernst and his Lucie somewhere in the south. The deeper context is this: I am growing old and undeniably idle and indolent. Also I am spoilt rotten by the many gifts of food, cigars, and money that are made to me, and that I have to accept because otherwise I could not live. But for the time being I am still working harder than is good for me. This year I have prolonged my working season by two weeks and am taking with me to Gastein a difficult germinating piece of work (mass psychology). Another