I am writing, albeit belatedly, to thank you for the congratula- 
tions enclosed with your kind letter of 28th of last month. Like 
you, I deeply regret that my friend Marx was not privileged to 
witness the present irresistible development of the proletarian- 
socialist movement, a development for which he more than anyone 
else laid the foundations. 

May your wishes be fulfilled and victory be near! 


Yours sincerely, 
F. Engels