V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v37;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

[1911, not later than April]
The article, in my opinion, should be remodelled in the following direction:
1) The reader must be told more precisely and concretely what the point at issue is, what Novgorodtsev is talking about.
(It cannot be assumed that this is known.)
2) Novgorodtsev must be criticised more thoroughly and in greater detail—modern liberalism—the theory of popular sovereignty (i.e., its revolutionary significance in history; the emasculation of this significance by the professors; the reactionary character of the renunciation of it now).
3) The general theoretical part on Marxism and materialism versus idealism must be considerably cut.
4) The article must be given literary polish (in places it is a mere rough draft, notes, jottings).
5) The length must be considered.
The separate parts of the article are extremely disproportionate.
It is neither an article nor a book.
For *Mysl*—maximum two articles of 10 to 12 printed pages each.
For a book—all the other sections must be explained in as much detail as the section on historical materialism.