The legacy of German Expressionism provided a more propitious framework for the development of a major debate within Marxism than its contemporary French counterpart, surrealism, was to do

much of Grossman’s work was directed against those who thought that the revolution could be successfully launched irrespective of the propitiousness of the circumstances

Obviously this campaign had been planned well in advance. The perpetrators were only waiting for a propitious time to carry it out

even the propitious ability to delay gratification

The truth is that it was not the most propitious time.