# Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924

## GA 263 — 13 September 1921, Berlin

### Letter to Edith Maryon

Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon

Berlin, September 13, 1921

My dear Edith Maryon!

Having just arrived in Berlin, I send you my warmest greetings. Unfortunately I couldn't write sooner because the last few days in Stuttgart were very busy. It's easy to say you shouldn't do it, but it's just not possible because then you're neglecting your primary duty. Outwardly, I'm doing quite well; my hand and voice have healed. But inwardly, I have many worries. And these worries are growing ever greater. The congress was an extraordinary success. One could not expect such a good outcome. But now everything else comes on top of that. For that you needed capable people. People who are prudent and who really feel that general affairs are their own. But they do not exist at all in the business world. People are busy becoming divided among themselves. You can only get ahead with the very few. And these few are just not enough.

I am now being invited to give lectures from all sides; I have to decline everything here. First of all, I am leaving here on Sunday evening, first to Stuttgart. Then as quickly as possible from there to Dornach. I am very eager to work in the sculpture studio again. That is understandable. The theological course is supposed to begin on the 26th.

Until I arrive, I send warm greetings; I hope that everything goes well. Thanks for the letters.

Goodbye

currently Berlin W, Motzstraße 17  
Rudolf Steiner