although I won't enjoy sitting in your cabin drinking Canadian rye while
you drink orange juice!
You always complain that I underrate your popularity in U.S.A.
A ber mein Freund [But, my friend], I seldom ever get from you any
literature that acknowledges you; but I get much that shows what the
pest is saying. I have read Wolfe's booklet· and think it very well done,
but, oh, the idea that he and you have to waste time and energy with
the Bradys of life is so appalling.
I fear that it is going to be impossible for Ena to go back to U.S.A.
for therapy. One joy is that without therapy, she hasn't made a single
mistake in Zoe's case. The result is pure delight to me. She is talking
quite a lot at 16 months. So Peter is reading! Both cases make me think
there is nothing in heredity!- I •
Forest Hills, New York
April 28, 1948
My dear Neill:
I have your letter of April 12th. Again, in regard to my
popularity: To my mind it is much more important to emphasize the
obstacles than to rest on one's laurels. I could fill about 200 pages in
print with positive acknowledgments, but that would not bring any true
friends. On the other hand, to put forth the attacks of the emotional
plague makes for fighters, and keeps out the chatterers. That is not con
scious policy, but just my way of living. May I also add that booklets
like Wolfe's are not a waste of time, but, on the contrary, they reflect
our task as physicians against the emotional plague of the 20th century
in an unequivocal manner.
We shall most probably have the 6-10 day conference at Orgonon
during the last part of August.
- I •
- Emotional Plague versus Orgone Biophysics: The 1947 Campaign (1 948 ),
written in response to the Brady articles.