Letter to Hermann Lopatin, July 6, 1870

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 6 July 1870


First published in Istoriya SSSR, No. 6, Moscow, 1959
Printed according to the letter of Hermann Lopatin to Pyotr Lavrov of 6 July 1870
Translated from the French
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 43


MARX TO HERMANN LOPATIN[1]

IN BRIGHTON

[London, 6 July 1870]

The occupation of a translator is abominable; commerce will give you a great deal. A greater chance to use your free time for the study and propaganda...

  1. ↑ This excerpt from Marx's letter was quoted by Lopatin in a letter to Lavrov of 6 July 1870. First, Lopatin gave a short exposition of Marx's letter: 'Today, I received from him (Marx) a new issue of the Narodnoye Dyelo (People's Cause) and a very nice note with the latest news about the court trial of our Paris comrades (the reference is to the third trial of the International's members in France; see Note 667—Ed.). He concluded by asking if I should like him to find me a clerk's job at some London office.'