> > check the forward to Hal Draper's "Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution" > > Vol 2...forward is entitled "How Not to Quote Marx"...Michael > > Or check-out Ch. 1 of Joseph O'Malley and Keith Algozin ed. _Rubel on Karl > Marx_ (Cambridge, CUP, 1981). to what end?...my suggestion to check out Draper was in reference to the 4 instances that I cited where Engels mentioned Marx saying that he wasn't a Marxist...Draper was my source...as for above, am I going to read that Draper is incorrect?...am I going to find out that Marx did repeatedly state that he wasn't a Marxist?...or does the text you cite support Draper's point that what we know of Marx's comment about not being a Marxist comes to us via Engels and that only 1 of the 4 writings in which the comment appears was for publication (the other 3 were letters)?...you excised these points from my previous post on this matter in your reply...you could have at least hinted at why you were suggesting that I - or anyone else? - check your reference out...with all due respect, your approach here is not very useful or conducive to discussion...Michael
