V. I.

Lenin

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To:   THE SECRETARY, EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE GRANAT BROS. ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY (July 21, 1914)

July 21, 1914

Dear Colleague, To my greatest regret, a number of quite exceptional and
unforeseen circumstances (beginning with the resignation
of Malinovsky) obliged me at the very beginning to interrupt the article on
Marx [1] which I had begun, and after several unsuccessful attempts to find time to continue it,
I have been forced to the conclusion that I shall not be able
to do this work before the autumn.

I offer you my profound apologies, and express the hope
that the editorial board of your so valuable publication will
have time to find another Marxist and get the article from
him by the time appointed.

Yours to command,
V. Ilyin