Darwin's dilemma (fwd)

[Ricardo Duchesne]

It was just Vol. II which he offered to Darwin. Which other book 
would you say is a literary masterpiece?
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> Ricardo Duchesne wrote:
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> > > As one of the most boring books ever written, one which 99% of
> > Marxist do not have the patience or even temper to read,  should we
> > not but   sympathize with poor Darwin's rejection of this offer?
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> I read *Capital* (Vol.I) several years before I became involved in
> any kind of political activity whatsoever. At the time it had no impact
> on my politics, but I thought it was one of the most beautiful books
> I had ever read. I didn't read Vols. II & III until after I had become
> deeply involved in marxism, and the first four chapters of Vol. II,
> taken as an independent unit, seemed and seem to me a literary
> masterpiece.
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> Carrol
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