Letter to Ferdinand Fleckles, September 29, 1880

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 29 September 1880


First published in Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung, Nr. 1, Berlin, 1966
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 46


MARX TO FERDINAND FLECKLES

IN KARLSBAD

[London,] 29 September 1880

My Dear Friend,

My best thanks for your letter. Ladies have their own ideas about things. Which is why my wife[1] didn't want to reply on this side of the form, nor indeed, in accordance with any formula, but after her own fashion. Not having read her letter, I don't know whether her answer is appropriate; however, women will have their way.[2]

Eleanor sends her kind regards.

Tout à vous,[3]

Karl Marx

  1. ↑ Jenny Marx
  2. ↑ Marx paraphrases the German proverb 'Des Menschen Wille ist sein Himmelreich' corresponding to the English 'The will of man is the arbiter of his fortune'.
  3. ↑ All yours