ABSTRACT
In Professor Sigmund Freud two characteristics were present in the highest degree: his friendly simplicity towards one as a human being and the prodigious power of his mind. The combination of these qualities made one feel to be in the company of a new kind of being—an ideal for human nature. He gave a lead to his followers and to the world, he turned first to the obscurity of his own mental processes, patiently exploring that seemingly chaotic and unprofitable region—the world of dreams. A personal analysis in his hands was in the fullest sense of the word a joint undertaking. He implicitly trusted in good results following from a greater understanding of what is present in human nature. Intellectual power and constructive imagination in such degree contained within a nature essentially gentle and patient was a revelation of the heights to which the human spirit can attain.
