Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924

GA 263 — 12 November 1920, Stuttgart

Letter to Edith Maryon

Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon

Stuttgart, 12 November 1920
Landhausstrasse 70

My dear Edith Maryon!

Thank you very much for the letter which has just arrived. I am glad that the studio is doing well. Hopefully it will continue like this. My work here this time may be less exhausting on the surface, at least I think so, but it requires a lot of thought to put things in order that are out of order. If only people could really work together in a humanly good way; that alone is what is most lacking. There is so much to do that I was even able to attend a morning of teaching at the school for the first time today. But it seems to be going well.

Wednesday was a very well attended public lecture, and there should be a second one on Tuesday. Then there should be a lecture in Freiburg on Thursday, which should also be a public lecture, and a eurythmy performance on Friday. I hope to be in Dornach on the 21st. I will do everything I can to finish here before Thursday. It is not certain that this will be possible, but there could not be more than two days delay. It is just difficult to put things in order that are in disorder here.

Warmest greetings for today from

Dr. Rudolf Steiner 55. Edith Maryon to Rudolf Steiner Sculptor's Studio, Goetheanum, Dornach near Basel, 14 Nov. 1920 Dearest Teacher,

I am sending you a review of The Threefold State from a reputable newspaper in North England, and since I thought it rather good, I also ordered a few extra copies.

Mr. Gaze was unable to get a passport due to the shortness of time and has already left. He says that a second edition of “The Threefold State” will probably have to be published in the spring and thought it could be combined with all or some of the essays from “In Execution of the Threefold Order of the Social Organism”. I told him that it would be best to write to the author directly and ask for his wishes. Today I visited Mr. and Mrs. Sharp and congratulated them solemnly; the wedding was on Thursday. Friday I will visit little Schmiedel; proud Papa has already shown around a picture of the first birthday (8 days).

On Saturday we have a lecture by Dr. Boos at the Bernoullianum.

There is no news from Stuttgart, I can only hope that everything is going well and send warm greetings

Edith Maryon

Will Dr. Unger be able to get the stoves for the houses?