Letter from Friedrich Engels to Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky in Zurich, London, 12 March 1886. Written in English. Text from: F. A. Sorge (ed.), Briefe und Auszüge aus Briefen von Joh. Phil. Becker, Jos. Dietzgen, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx u. A. an F. A. Sorge und Andere (Stuttgart, 1906), pp. 215-216. Sorge quotes only the first paragraph and the postscript; […] marks the paragraphs he leaves out, which are not available to us in English. Spanish translation
Deeply buried as I am in the English 'Capital', I have only the time to write a few lines in haste. It did not require all your exposition of the circumstances to convince me that you were perfectly innocent of what had been done in America with your translation. The thing is done and can't be helped, though we both are convinced that it was a mistake. . . . . .
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The dedication to the English Working Men should be left out. It has no meaning today.