23 December 1912  Pension Rose  12 Via Gregoriana  Roma

«IP0,0»Dear Professor Freud,

«IP4,0»I was very happy to get your letter, a fortnight ago, and have given you a few days' intermission of peace before writing again.  The good news about my wife was splendid, and was confirmed by a letter I got from her yesterday (the first for a month, one being lost en route).  You know how deeply my feelings are involved, and that nothing touches me so nearly as news about her welfare.  She seems to have bourne the illness first of the dog, then of the maid, with excellent spirit, though no doubt with great activity.

«IP4,0»I hope that in the holidays you may find time to look into the book about Rome, and that it will give you some pleasure.  Hutton seems to have taken on some of the mantel of Walter Pater, though with a greater sadness.  I was struck by one sentence in particular, where, making light of the cheap modern ideas about "progress" he exclaims: "As if there is any progress in the human soul other than re‑birth from what has always existed!"«FN1.××The book sent to Freud was likely Edward Hutton, «MDUL»Rome«MDNM» (New York: MacMillan, 1909).  The quoted passage is not, however, to be found in this book.  Walter Pater (1839‑1894), critic and essayist, noted especially for his painstaking, fastidious style.

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Rome, as you may expect, continually deepens her charm and her hold on one's heart.  How full and rich she is, and with what lavishness she gives.  I am coming to feel her peculiar secret of eternal youth and creation through destruction.  She has never hoarded treasures of the past, because of her proud confidence in her ability to produce ever new ones ‑‑ no doubt less wonderful in some ages than in others, but always with the stamp of her peculiar spirit.  You are right, I should have placed in Palatine first as a place to dream dreams; that is the most inspiring part of Rome.  I enclose two photographs of Moses.  Will you tell me if they are what you wanted.  You will notice that the projecting pediment interferes inevitably with the view of the tables.  I examined the latter carefully, and one cannot say that there are finger‑prints on them.

This week I got a letter from Putnam, from which I quote the following: "I have read carefully Jung's "«MDUL»Wandlungen«MDNM»", but cannot find any adequate justification for his differences from Freud's views. ... J.'s visit to New York has perhaps made it harder for the more thorough‑going doctrine to prevail.  However, I do not really think that this will remain true to any great extent, for any man who has the scientific ability and willingness to study will soon convince himself where the truth lies. ... Jung and Stekel, with all their virtues, incline too much to swelled head and that they do so shows that |×/ has not done its full work for them."«FN1.××Putnam's letter is not to be found in Hale (1971a).

»  I have no further news of Jung myself, except a rather significant negative piece.  I wrote to him two long conciliatory letters after Munich, in reply to his.  In one of them, sent nearly a month ago, I offered him a short article for the «MDUL»Jahrbuch«MDNM», as in Munich he had asked me for another.  I have heard not a line from him.

I was interested in your remarks about your attack in Munich, especially so as I had suspected a homosexual element, this being the reason of my remark in saying good bye at the station«FN1.××Jones had managed to make it to the meeting of 24 November 1912 in Munich, even though Jung had sent him notice of it at the wrong address, and had given him the wrong date, see Paskauskas (1988a, pp. 21‑22).» that you would find it difficult to give up your feeling for Jung (meaning that perhaps there was some transference to him of older affects in you).

I send you all the "Compliments of the Season", and the heartiest wishes for a Happy New Year, which I hope will be as productive in every sense as the last one, though let us say less stormy.

Yours always  Jones.