Letter to Georg Von Gizycki, February 17, 1894

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 17 February 1894


First published, in Russian, in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXIX, Moscow, 1946
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 50

TO GEORG VON GIZYCKI[1] IN BERLIN

[Draft]

Eastbourne, 17 February 1894

28, Marine Parade

Dear Sir,

In thanking you for your esteemed note of the 14th of this month, I can only say that for a long time to come I shall be so overwhelmed with work as to be unable to undertake any work even for the periodical press of my own party. It would be all the less admissible if I were to contribute to journals which, however genuine and honourable the views they represent, are none the less further removed from my own immediate standpoint.

For this and other reasons I must regretfully refuse your kind invitation, while remaining

Yours very sincerely,

F.E.

[2]

  1. ↑ Gizycki, Georg von (1851-1895)—German philosopher, professor at Berlin University. (MECW)
  2. ↑ Deleted in the draft: If I were to let you have an article on the subject you propose (which, I must confess, I do not know very much about) or on some other subject, this would in all likelihood involve me in a debate concerning my materialist point of departure.