25 May 1914  69 Portland Court  London W

Dear Professor Freud,

I am very happy to hear from Sachs that you are again quite well; I had not heard you had been ill.  Let me hope that there will [be] no more trouble with this intestinal disorder, and that the holidays will finally put an end to it.  Will you let me know what your plans are, if you have made them already.  What is the date of the Leiden lecture, and will it be possible for you to come to London after that?  I suppose you go to Carlsbad in July?

I quite echo to the full your wish for a talk.  My repeated visits to Vienna in the past couple of years have "spoilt" me, and I find five months away from there already more than long enough; I must arrange to pay a visit twice a year.  In any case I hope we shall meet before the time of the Congress, especially now that this has been postponed.

Sach's visit is drawing to a close.  It has been in every way highly satisfactory.  He has enjoyed it greatly, and I have enjoyed it just as much.  To live under the same roof is always a good test, and it has succeeded brilliantly in this case.  I appreciate his excellent character more highly than before (when I was perhaps a little influenced by Loe's dislike of him), and we have got on together splendidly.  Then also there is a good report to give of his address on Swift«FN1.××"Die Psychologie Swifts," delivered on 21 May, noted in «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM», 2(1914):412.

» to our society, which everyone praised most highly.  He spoke for 2 1/4 hours with hardly any notes, and with entire success.  There is only one mistake in English that I cannot cure him of ‑‑ he obstinately confounds the genders (Starfish.  Tr. D. identification!)«FN1.××Freud's remark about a girl, who, while dreaming, "identified herself with her brother" (Freud, 1900a, p. 363), is part of an overall discussion regarding the "little one" as a symbol for the genital organ, a theme which is discussed several pages previously, where Freud in addition provides samples of other genital symbols such as "fishes, snails ..." and so on (Freud, 1900a, p. 357).  As Jones appears to be making the reference here from memory, it is possible that he may have had these particular sections of «MDUL»Traumdeutung«MDNM» in mind.»

We have greatly enjoyed the third, and last, proofs of the "Geschichte".«FN1.××Freud (1914d).»  I find it superlatively good, not «MDUL»at all«MDNM» too strong, and quite final ‑‑ the last word in the matter.  The passage about the "paar kulturelle Obertöne" is magnificent.«FN1.××The passage in question concerns Freud's attack on Jung and Adler: "The truth is that these people have picked out a few cultural overtones from the symphony of life and have once more failed to hear the mighty and primordial melody of the instincts."  See Freud (1914d, p. 62), «MDUL»G.W.«MDNM» 10:108.

»  I wish we could have taken from you the trouble of dealing with these oppositions, but no one else is in a position to say authoritatively the things you have said once for all, so you could not be spared the work.  But let us hope you will not find it necessary to leave again the realms of pure science in the positive sense.  My wish has long been to form a ring around you of men who will deal with the opposition while you progress with the work itself, and the outlook for such an ideal situation seems highly promising.

As to suggestions on the last proofs, they are all contained in the accompanying page.  The first sentence "Wir haben×......×gegangen ist"«FN1.××Refers to last sentence of first paragraph in Freud (1914d, p. 63), «MDUL»G.W.«MDNM» 10:109.

«MDNM»» does not seem to me sufficiently clear on account of its context.  The rest of the paragraph is a series of paraphrases of Jung, and some readers may not realise that the last sentence refers to your own views: (Perhaps the word "früher" or "im Gegenteil" might be inserted).«FN1.××Freud did not insert these words.  The line in question reads: "As we know, however, a neurotic's current conflict becomes comprehensible and admits of solution only when it is traced back to his pre‑history, when one goes back along the path that his libido took when he fell ill."

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Then in view of the bad uses to which patients' communications may be put (and to which Jung may retaliate), I would suggest that you insert a word or two before the extract from Pf's letter, indicating that you have reasons to consider the writer a reliable person.«FN1.××Freud does not acknowledge Pfister in the passage he quotes, but does take up Jones's suggestion and adds a footnote about his "informant" as a "trustworthy person," see Freud (1914d, p. 64, n. 2), «MDUL»G.W.«MDNM» 10:110 n. 1.  Pfister, however, is frequently mentioned by name elsewhere in the essay (Freud , 1914d, pp. 37‑38, 46, 61).

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Lastly the word "schonungsvoller" stands in «MDUL»apparent«MDNM» contradiction to the extracts from the letter, and do not make it quite clear what is meant.  I suppose the meaning is that Jung having approached so near to Dubois might make the last step and be kind to his patients?«FN1.××In the published version Freud uses the comparative "schonungsvollerer" [more considerate] rather than "schonungsvoller" [considerate].  The passage thus reads: "Dubois cures neuroses by ethical encouragement in a more considerate manner."  See Freud (1914d, p. 64), «MDUL»G.W.«MDNM» 10:110.

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I think the alteration you mention in today's letter is an improvement on the previous passage that we had commented on, and quite agree with it.

I am writing to Fisher Unwin, but will you please send me a postcard saying what you mean by the «MDUL»persons«MDNM» the book is to be sent to.  Do you mean as personal gifts from yourself?  Books are not sent on approval in England, as in Austria.

Putnam holds staunch, as you will see from the enclosed letter.  S. Hall's essay I have not yet had time to read, but will review it for the «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM».«FN1.××Jones (1916‑17).

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I have bad news of Jung's activity.  He has announced a paper for the Internat. Congr. of Neurol. and Psych. at Berne, in September, one before the British Medical Association on July 3O, and one on July 24th before the Psycho‑Medical Society in London, the last being on the Psychology of Understanding; at these last two I shall have to speak also, which is not an agreeable task to look forward to.  They will come just after the appearence of the «MDUL»Jahrbuch«MDNM», and should reveal his reaction.«FN1.××The Topic "Die Psychologie der Träume," with Jung mentioned as one of the speakers, is listed on the program of the International Congress for Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, Berne, 7‑12 September 1914, see «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM», 2(1914):403; for the other two papers, see Jung (1914, 1915).  For Jones's paper at the British Medical Association meeting, see Jones (1914i).

»  I feel quite sure he will not come to Dresden, where I hope we shall have some peace and agreeable work.

I am of course not surprised that you have discovered that Loe can be trying, for I can bear ample witness to the fact.  I am afraid she will not give up morphia, even for you and Herbert Jones.  I know from Lina that she deceived us all last summer on this point, though I do not know the details, for when Lina (from whom also she had been concealing matters) detected her, she made her promise never to reveal them.  Please do not speak of this, though I am sure it is true.  It has been a blow to me to find the extent to which Loe's untruthfulness and exaggeration has proceeded in other directions (especially concerning myself), though I like to think it is mostly unconscious distortion.

From your letter today I learn that she may be getting married at the end of the week.  In this she will have no one whose wishes for her future happiness are most heartfelt than my own, and I pray that they may be gratified.  Does she stay in Vienna until July?

With all kind regards  Yours affectionately  Jones.