• ElmLion [any]
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      2 years ago

      Those letters give a spooky insight into the personal and day-to-day woes and obsessions of both Marx and Engels. That is kinda screwed up, and Marx does acknowledge as much later on.

      https://marxists.architexturez.net/archive/marx/works/1863/letters/index.htm

      In fairness, I think it's easy to forget they were just humans with moods and problems and strange relationships, it's clear they remained good friends still.

      My favourite quote, from a later Engel's letter: "I am now reading Kinglake and am becoming more convinced than ever that somewhere in every Englishman’s brain a board is nailed up beyond which nothing penetrates.".