Letter from Sigmund Freud to Karl Abraham, March 3, 1925

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Vienna, Berggasse 191
3 March 1925

Dear Friend,

The correspondence on the Congress is already with Ferenczi, who fetched it himself the day before yesterday, Sunday. There is no doubt that you could not have done or said anything else.

With regard to the date of the Congress, I do not dare to emphasize consideration for me. You are right to remark that I am making plans again, but when it comes to it I often lose the courage to carry them out. For example, if at the time of the Congress I was not doing better with my prosthesis than in the past weeks, I should certainly not make the journey. So you decide, without taking me into account. Unofficially I can tell you that the early date, whether 31 August or 3 September, does not appeal to me much at all. But that does not matter much.

Rank is back and says that he did his best in America to make good the damage caused, and a letter from Brill that arrived today confirms it completely. This letter will come to you from Budapest and should then be sent to Jones. Rank himself is weakened and hardly capable of scientific work. I again have complete trust in him and was glad to learn that Ferenczi, who has just seen him again, has reached the same conclusion.

I had a letter today from Miss Newton, telling me of her recovery and thanking you very much for your tactful intervention.2

With cordial greetings to you and your house,

Yours,

Freud