V. I.

Lenin

508

To:   M. N. POKROVSKY

Dear M. N., I agree to your proposals. I am terribly depressed, though, at the
thought of the end being cut. Couldn’t the end in that case be printed in
the journal without alteration? And with a note from the editors to the
effect that these are deductions and conclusions from the pamphlet? It
would be a great pity to fragmentise it!! A great pity!! If you
can do something, I shall be very much obliged. I shall write about this
myself, but my letter takes a long time and won’t get there before several
months, if it gets there at all.

My best regards, Yours, Ulyanov

P.S. I heard say that Potresov has joined the staff of the publishing
house!! And the famous novelist [1] has agreed!! What a shame, what a crying shame, eh?

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Notes:
[1]
Maxim Gorky.— Ed .