Letter to Karl Marx, February 22, 1865

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 22 February 1865


First published in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 3, Stuttgart, 1913
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 42


ENGELS TO MARX

IN LONDON

Manchester, 22 February 1865

Dear Moor,

In great haste, herewith the statement.[1] Schweitzer's letter is 'rotten to the core'.[2] The fellow has the job of compromising us, and the longer we have our dealings with him, the deeper we'll sink into the mire. So, the sooner the better! Liebknecht's and Schweitzer's letters likewise returned. You must have given Liebknecht a terrible dressing down if my letter appeared 'kind' to him!1S1

Enclosure from Meissner. This time it really is full steam ahead with the publication,[3] and that's what really matters. I replied to his proposal to fix the number of copies himself as follows: suits me, but he must then tell me how many there are to be, he only gets the first impression for 2 louis-d'or. (N.B. In the meantime, he will have had to make up his mind and get things ready for printing.)

In haste.

Your

F. E.

  1. ↑ K. Marx and F. Engels, 'To the Editor of the Social-Demokrat.'
  2. ↑ See this volume, pp. 94-95.
  3. ↑ from Meissner (see this volume, pp. 84-85)