Letter to Friedrich Engels, August 10, 1868

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 10 August 1868


First published in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 4, Stuttgart, 1913
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 43


MARX TO ENGELS

IN MANCHESTER

London, 10 August 1868

DEAR FRED,

Enclosed letter from J. Morley, the CHIEF EDITOR of the Fortnightly. Beesly did everything he could, but Mr Morley found the matter not to his taste.[1] NEVER MIND! The family is fortunately at the SEASIDE, which they all needed very much.

What you say about the transfer of the CENTRAL COUNCIL[2] to Geneva is very correct. It remains possible that in Brussels, malgré nous et contre nous,[3] they will propose a CHANGE in order to document their heroic resistance to the principe autoritaire.[4] At least in this case our delegates will have to vote for Geneva as pis aller.[5] Salut.

Your

K. M.

  1. ↑ In his letter to Marx of 7 August 1868, John Morley, editor of The Fortnightly Review, explained that he had rejected Engels' review of Volume One of Capital (see Note 11) because he had 'no room for it'.
  2. ↑ Marx is referring to the General Council of the First International which, up to the end of 1866, was usually referred to as the Central Council.
  3. ↑ despite us and against us
  4. ↑ authoritarian principle
  5. ↑ the lesser evil