http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1862/letters/62_06_18.htm
18 June, 1862
Dear Engels,
...
I am expanding this volume, since those German scoundrels estimate the value of a book in terms of its cubic capacity.
...
Salut.
Your, K. M.
PS: I've heard from Lassalle. He may come over here in July. In the late autumn he will make a start on the initial draft of his 'Political Economy', which, however, is going to take him a 'long time'. He's in for a surprise.
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>>On Behalf Of Doug Henwood
>>Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:29 AM
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>>
>>On Jun 4, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
>>
>>> It's not that I'm in favor of difficulty for
>>> difficulty's sake
>>
>><http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/p2.htm>
>>
>>To the citizen Maurice Lachatre
>>
>>Dear Citizen,
>>
>>I applaud your idea of publishing the translation of "Das Kapital" as
>>a serial. In this form the book will be more accessible to the
>>working class, a consideration which to me outweighs everything else.
>>
>>That is the good side of your suggestion, but here is the reverse of
>>the medal: the method of analysis which I have employed, and which
>>had not previously been applied to economic subjects, makes the
>>reading of the first chapters rather arduous, and it is to be feared
>>that the French public, always impatient to come to a conclusion,
>>eager to know the connexion between general principles and the
>>immediate questions that have aroused their passions, may be
>>disheartened because they will be unable to move on at once.
>>
>>That is a disadvantage I am powerless to overcome, unless it be by
>>forewarning and forearming those readers who zealously seek the
>>truth. There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not
>>dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining
>>its luminous summits.
>>
>>Believe me,
>>dear citizen,
>>Your devoted,
>>
>>Karl Marx
>>London
>>March 18, 1872
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