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ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page both sides, 8.75 x 11.25, personal letterhead, July 28, 1927. Handwritten letter to the American journalist and statesman Arthur Sweetser (1888–1968) on an alarming incident involving Sweetser’s son, Harold, commenting on a “sinister illness” that recently caused him to have a seizure when playing with other children; and offering thanks for the positive attitude Sweetser has nonetheless retained towards the psychoanalytic treatment his son had received.
In part (translated): "The mysterious illness of your little Harald—his sudden snatching away from a circle of playing children…coalesced into a terrifying and humiliating tableau, leaving us utterly paralyzed….By making so much of the natural care Harald found here—by not emphasizing the futility of the analytic work, but rather holding fast to the uplifting image it had created…you have dispelled the darkness and helped the human soul achieve a direct victory over a brutal fate."
Freud further acknowledges the receipt of a check for $1,000 to support the “Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag,” and thanks Sweetser for writing a letter to the Rockefeller Foundation in support of psychoanalysis. In fine condition.
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