Letter from Friedrich Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht, April 13, 1871

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 13 April 1871


First published, in Russian, in Marx-Engels Archives, Vol. I (VI), Moscow, 1932
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 44


ENGELS TO WILHELM LIEBKNECHT

IN LEIPZIG

[London, 13 April 1871]

Dear Liebknecht,

It is absolutely out of the question for you to reprint my old article from the Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher in the Volksstaat.[1] It is by now quite obsolete and full of inaccuracies that could only confuse people. Moreover, it was still written in a Hegelian style which likewise just will not do nowadays. Its sole value is as an historical document.

With best regards,

Your

F. E.

  1. ↑ See previous letter.