V. I.

Lenin

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To:   I. F. DUBROVINSKY

29.IV. 09

Dear Friend, I received your letter today. On no account leave the
sanatorium. On no account move to a hotel. You must improve your
health radically before the plenary meeting, and this cannot be
done except in the sanatorium. We here have found the struggle against this
stupid, petty, under hand, disgusting squabble utterly nerve-racking;
refused to go to the B.C. meeting (for things are becoming intolerable),
thus evoking triple hysterics on the part of Marat and Domov! No matter!
But we need you in perfect health by the time the meeting is due, and so
take your cure seriously and by no means leave the sanatorium.

I suppose everything is settled now with Y. through the trip, though
belated.

Things in Russia are bad: the whole Urals organisation has
been arrested, the whole conference. Shchur has evidently been taken as
well: otherwise his silence is inexplicable. Of Vlasov there is no sign.

Have you read
Volsky? [1] Let me know your opinion, and if you don’t need the book,
send it here.

As regards Rosa I know nothing. Hadn’t you better write to her direct?

Best regards, Yours, Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
A reference to Volsky’s book Philosophy of Struggle , Moscow,
1909.