V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v46; en:CW/CW43;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

June 23, 1902

Dear L. I.,

To my great regret, I cannot possibly comply with your request and come to Bern. My health is very bad, and I really do not know whether I shall manage to deliver the lecture in Paris: I have not had time to prepare, my Arbeitsunfahigkeit* is almost complete, my nerves are in a bad way.

If I could, I would also avoid Paris, but it would be dishonest to let them down.176 If I do not disgrace myself in Paris and if I get some rest after it, I shall then try (perhaps in the autumn) to come and see you without fail, but now I really cannot.

I firmly press your hand and thank you for your news.

Yours,
Lenin

P.S. My wife asks you to find out whether a letter for L. Gr. has been received, and also her letter about money (with a request to demand the money back or to transfer it to Richter)?