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-160- In Tiew of her husband's conduct and the fact that be wafl twianty-three years her senior- and far from having a loving disposition, we may suppose that KUGh of tie affection that normally would have gone to him also found it* way to Adolph- , "i I * The result was a strong libidinal attachment between mother and eon. It 1B almost certain that Adolph had temper .4. • tantrune during this time but that these were not of a eerloua nature. Their laaaadiate.purpose waa to get hio own way with - his mother and he undoubtedly succeeded in achieving titia and. • • They were a technique by which ha could dominate her whenever - he wished,, either out of faar that aha would lose his lor* or • • out of fear that If he continued he might become like hia fatheri • There ifl reason to suppose that she frequently condoned behavior of which the father vould have disapproved and ma^ have become • a part&er In forbiddfln activities durli>g the father's absebot* with hie nothcr during theoe early yaars muat hfiire betn a except for the fact that his fathor would intrude and disrupt the happy relationship* Even whau hi3 father did not make a acene or l i f t hid whip, he would demand attention from hia wife which prevented her partifiipfttion In pleasurable ictivitlea* I t waa naturalT under the&e cireu»- atonces, that Molph should repent the lutrualon into hie Paradia* and this undoubtedly aggravated the feeling^ of uncertainty and fear which hie father1 a conduct arouBod In hi*. veritable Paradise for REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES