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 | | Little Hans' s father took it upon himself to communicate such information about his son's sexual interests as he could; there seems little doubt that he expected that this would provide a model of an undisturbed, successful childhood, for he regarded himself and his wife as good parents, sexually enlightened and analytically aware. |
 | | It is her castratrion threat which has been reported, whithout corroboration, as heard; with her we are always in the realm of hearsay; with hearsay, I suspect, we are always in the realm of the mother. |
 | | Hans, of course, knows that he cannot be heard; during one of his lengthy conversations with his father (recorded, presumably, by the father himself, notebook in hand), Hans says "You don't believe me again?" and at another moment "I'm not joking, you know, Daddy". |
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