[London,] 26 June 1869 

Dear Fred, 

With tuanxs I notify the £90, first half-notes. 

Enclosed for Tussy 2 .errers. She must reply to tight-fisted 
Collet. 

a enter - > rights of the arse-hole 

The enclosed letter from Eichhoff shows, unfortunately, that his 
brother has become skittish.** Write me what should happen now. 

The last proof-sheets finally arrived and have been returned, 
ditto preface sent.* It now turns out that the procrastination was 
for two reasons: 1. Mr Wigand in Leipzig is the printer, and 2. 
Mr Meissner, for his part, does not keep a watch on the Leipziger. 
He really believed that I had received the last sheets direct from 
Leipzig several weeks ago. German sloppiness! 

The honourable Wilhelm? is maintaining a deep silence. 

Today the weather finally turns to the better. 

I have received an invitation from the Sociery or Arts*” for a 
conversazione in Kensington Museum on |] July. This takes place 
only once a year, and is attended by the entire London aristocracy, 

from the court down to, etc. So Jennychen will have a chance to 

see this rabble. 
Addio. 

356 

Your 

K. M. 

While re-arranging my bookshelves a small old edition of 
Rochefoucauld’s Réflexions etc. fell into my hands again. Leafing 
through it, I found: 

‘La gravité est un mystére du corps, inventé pour cacher les défauts de 
esprit’ [56]. 

Thus, pinched by Sterne from Rochefoucauld oe 
And these are nice too: 

‘Nous avons tous assez de force pour supporter les maux d’autru)’ [5). 

‘Les vieillards aiment 4 donner de bons préceptes, pour se consoler de n’étre plus 
en état de donner de mauvais exemples’ (20). 

‘Les rois font des hommes comme des piéces de monnaye; ils Jes font valoir ce qu’ils 
veulent; et l’on est forcé de les recevoir selon leur cours, et non pas selon leur véritable 
prix’ [126]. 

‘Quand les vices nous quittent, nous nous flattons de la créance que c’est nous qui 
les quittons’ [39]. 

‘La modération est la langueur et la paresse de |’4me, comme l’ambition en est 
Vactivité et l'ardeur’ [63]. 

‘Nous pardonnons souvent 4 ceux qui nous ennuyent, mais nous ne pouvons 
pardonner a ceux que nous ennuyons’ [65]. 

‘Ce qui fait que les amants et les maitresses ne s’ennuyent point d’étres ensemble, 
c'est qu’ils parlent toujours d’eux-mémes’¢ [67]. 

2 K. Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. - » Wilhelm Liebknecht - 
© ‘Gravity is a secret of the body, invented to hide the defects of the mind.’ - 4 ‘We 
are all strong enough to bear the sufferings of others.—‘The elderly like to 
give good precepts, to console themselves for no longer being able to set bad 

I attended the tTRapES UNIONS MEETING LAST Wednesday,* in Exeter 
Hall.**” Beesly delivered a really fine, very impudent speech, 
recalling the June days (it was 24 June).°? The newspapers 
naturally kept, i.e., suppressed, him. In addition, he committed the 
crime of speaking very contemptuously of English journalists.