ABSTRACT
Ferenczi ends his long letter dated December 26, 1912, by saying: “[…] please forgive this gratis analysis, which I have gotten from you by sheer obstinacy (if only by writing)!” To this, Freud responds: “Will you believe or be angry about the fact that I have read your auto-analytic letter, but I have not studied it as I should have? […] So, get something from me by sheer obstinacy!” Freud answers his friend’s urgent request without haste, but with a certain willingness to go along.
