N... yes, that is already consistent. I open my mouth – and you fill it: here’s a new formula for the relations between a ‘writer’ and a practical Iskra-ist! To reach the point of saying that local leaflets are beyond the strength of local organizations (consisting of gape-mouthed ‘activists’?), that these leaflets must be provided from abroad, this is the limit of everything. This is such a magnificent (from my point of view) crowning of the edifice of the whole letter, paragraph 7, subpoint 6, that I can only conclude with this ‘crown’. This shining crown will only be dimmed by additions or commentary.

In the journal “Molodaya Gvardiya” No. 2-3. Printed according to the manuscript.

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Written in February, later than the 12th, 1903.  
Sent from London to Kiev.  
First published in 1924.