Preface to the English Edition of 1888

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this translation was made in 1888 by Samuel Moore and edited by Engels (he was still alive then!?!?)


        Engels, F. (2016). Preface to the English Edition of 1888. In Engels, F. and Marx, K. The Communist Manifesto. Verso, pp. 77-99

a medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective; a scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement

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The very events and vicissitudes of the struggle against capital, the defeats even more than the victories, could not help bringing home to men’s minds the insufficiency of their various favourite nostrums, and preparing the way for a more complete insight into the true conditions of working-class emancipation

—p.80 by Friedrich Engels

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The very events and vicissitudes of the struggle against capital, the defeats even more than the victories, could not help bringing home to men’s minds the insufficiency of their various favourite nostrums, and preparing the way for a more complete insight into the true conditions of working-class emancipation

—p.80 by Friedrich Engels

uncertain

7 years, 3 months ago

having many varied parts or aspects; multifaceted

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the most multifarious social quacks, who, by all manners of tinkering, professed to redress, without any danger to capital and profit, all sorts of social grievances

—p.84 by Friedrich Engels

notable

7 years, 3 months ago

the most multifarious social quacks, who, by all manners of tinkering, professed to redress, without any danger to capital and profit, all sorts of social grievances

—p.84 by Friedrich Engels

notable

7 years, 3 months ago

The Communist Manifesto
by multiple authors

The Communist Manifesto
by multiple authors

The Communist Manifesto
by multiple authors