Manchester, 23 January 1868 

Dear Moor, 

From the enclosed scrawl you can see what 
Wilhelmchen has not done. I shall give him a fitting wigging in 
the next few days. A jo.ty ea, we should ‘utilise’ the position he 
has created for himself locally in Saxony, in fact stand up for him 
sopity. His rag arrived for me today, I have not yet been able to 
look at it. 

I hope you are finally finished with that obstinate carbuncle. But 
you will at last realise, won’t you, that simply letting this matter 
slide can no longer be tolerated, and that at the very least you 
must have daily vigorous exercise in the fresh air, and regular 
‘renunciation’ of night work (as soon as the first is possible), in 
order that you should become at all capable of work again. Like 
this, the second volume will never eventuate.*!* 

Enclosed are the shares for Strohn.‘ 

I really don’t know what to do about the Vienna articles. Apart 
from the Neue Freie Presse and Wiener Tagblatt, 1 do not know by 
name any paper in which Richter has a hand; owing to almost 
complete ignorance of the audience I have no idea where to begin, 
and this is the most important point. Laura writes that to instruct 
people is ary very weit, but to pick out the right point is the real 

4 Eleanor Marx (see this volume, pp. 520-21) - & Demokratisches Wochenblati - © See 
this volume, pp. 515-16. 

difficulty. I am just going through the whole book“ once again to 
make this clear to myself, and your opinion would be welcome. 

It is also a good presumption on the part of Wilhelmchen to 
suggest that I should explain to him and his readers once and for 
all, on one page of his rag, and from this book, what the 
difference really is between Marx and Lassalle. This presumption 
has suggested to me that it might be a good idea to write a 
popular little pamphlet Marx and Lassalle of about 6 sheets for the 
workers; in this space it could be managed and the positive things 
required for the workers could be developed. It would have to be 
sold dirt cheap, and the Lassalleans would immediately be forced 
to take up a position. But for this, time is needed.**” 

You really cannot ask me to drudge my way through 
Borkheim’s Russian pamphlets’—at least not at the moment. I 
have a lot to do in the office and come home late, so that I cannot 
get down to anything before 8 o’clock and, moreover, I have to 
live a life of great regularity, since for some time now IJ have been 
sleeping badly and as a result am often a wreck in the morning, 
something which has never happened in my life before. Besides, 
there are sometimes unavoidable hindrances, and the absolute 
necessity of having physical exercise so as to get my sleep back to 
normal. Each Russian pamphlet would consume 8-14 days in view 
of my necessity of working myself in again, and the poor quality 
of the dictionaries. Ne vaut pas la paine.‘ 

About the Fortnightly next time. I am still ruminating about 
this point. Monetary matters—important as they may be for 
England—I shall probably only be able to touch upon fleetingly in 
the first article; otherwise this subject would take up the whole 
article. If a second could be placed, then it would still be suitable. 
What do you think? 

Best wishes to your wife and the girls as well as Lafargue. 

Your 
F. E.