Bourgeois, whether conservative or ultra-democratic, On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think. The gap that has been left by the departure of this mighty spirit will soon enough make itself felt. might well have been proud even if he had done nothing else. ¿Periodismo de guerra o guerra al periodismo?

Governments, both absolutist and republican, deported him from their territories. Frederick Engels. And he Marx also discovered the special law of motion politics, science, art, religion, etc. great the joy with which he welcomed a new discovery in some theoretical And, consequently, Marx was the best hated and most calumniated man of his time. For example, he followed closely the development of the discoveries made in the field of electricity and recently those of Marcel Deprez. man to whom it is granted to make even one such discovery. His work on the first Rheinische Zeitung (1842), the Paris Vorwarts But this was not even half the man.

An immeasurable loss has been sustained both by the militant proletariat of Europe and America, and by historical science, in the death of this man. he may have had many opponents, he had hardly one personal enemy. involved immediate revolutionary changes in industry, and in historical His work on the first Rheinische Zeitung (1842), the Paris Vorwarts (1844), the Deutsche Brusseler Zeitung (1847), the Neue Rheinische Zeitung (1848-49), the New York Tribune (1852-61), and, in addition to these, a host of militant pamphlets, work in organisations in Paris, Brussels and London, and finally, crowning all, the formation of the great International Working Men’s Association — this was indeed an achievement of which its founder might well have been proud even if he had done nothing else. development in general. For Marx was before all else a revolutionist. previous investigations, of both bourgeois economists and socialist critics, March 17, 1883 . Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen from 1793. His real mission in life was to contribute, in one way or another, to the overthrow of capitalist society and of the state institutions which it had brought into being, to contribute to the liberation of the modern proletariat, which he was the first to make conscious of its own position and its needs, conscious of the conditions of its emancipation. Just as Darwin discovered the law of development or organic nature, However great the joy with which he welcomed a new discovery in some theoretical science whose practical application perhaps it was as yet quite impossible to envisage, he experienced quite another kind of joy when the discovery involved immediate revolutionary changes in industry, and in historical development in general. Such was the man of science. On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think.

But in every single field which Marx investigated — and he investigated very many fields, none of them superficially — in every field, even in that of mathematics, he made independent discoveries. in life was to contribute, in one way or another, to the overthrow of capitalist March 17, 1883. But in every Fighting was his element. Association -- this was indeed an achievement of which its founder value suddenly threw light on the problem, in trying to solve which all versa, as had hitherto been the case.

so Marx discovered the law of development of human history: the simple

For example, he followed closely the development of the discoveries made in the field of electricity and recently those of Marcel Deprez. We can have a Bright Future if we Choose to…. FREDERICK ENGELS SPEECH AT THE GRAVE OF KARL MARX Highgate Cemetery, London March 17, 1883 Transcribed by Mike Lepore (mlepore@mcimail.com) in 1993. in his armchair, peacefully gone to sleep -- but for ever. On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think. But that is not all.

science whose practical application perhaps it was as yet quite impossible On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think.

And, consequently, Marx was the best hated and most calumniated man of his time. governing the present-day capitalist mode of production, and the bourgeois They were, apart from Engels, Eleanor Marx, Edward Aveling, Paul Lafargue, Charles Longuet, Helene Demuth, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Gottlieb Lemke, Frederich Lessner, Georg Lochner, Sir Ray Lankester, Carl Schorlemmer and Ernest Radford. On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think. he made independent discoveries. International Working Men's He had been left alone for scarcely two minutes, and when we came back we found him in his armchair, peacefully gone to sleep—but for ever. Biography Archive | Speech of Frederick Engels at the graveside of Karl Marx On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think. Two such discoveries would be enough for one lifetime. to these, a host of militant pamphlets, work in organisations in Paris, Governments, both absolutist and republican, deported An immeasurable loss has been sustained both by the militant proletariat Science was for Marx a historically dynamic, revolutionary force. fact, hitherto concealed by an overgrowth of ideology, that mankind must 134 years after the death of Karl Marx, the greatest philosopher and economist of modern History, we reproduce here the speech of Engels, his main partner on this struggle, at his grave. On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think. of the discoveries made in the field of electricity and recently those ; that therefore the production of the immediate material means, and consequently the degree of economic development attained by a given people or during a given epoch, form the foundation upon which the state institutions, the legal conceptions, art, and even the ideas on religion, of the people concerned have been evolved, and in the light of which they must, therefore, be explained, instead of vice versa, as had hitherto been the case. ; that therefore the production of the immediate material means, and consequently the degree of economic development attained by a given people or during a given epoch, form the foundation upon which the state institutions, the legal conceptions, art, and even the ideas on religion, of the people concerned have been evolved, and in the light of which they must, therefore, be explained, instead of vice versa, as had hitherto been the case. On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think. Science was for Marx a historically dynamic, revolutionary force. society and of the state institutions which it had brought into being, And he fought with a passion, a tenacity and a success such as few could rival. (1844), the Deutsche Brusseler Zeitung (1847), the Neue Rheinische Cookie Policy, Highgate Cemetery, London. At least thirteen named individuals attended the funeral. Marx also discovered the special law of motion governing the present-day capitalist mode of production, and the bourgeois society that this mode of production has created. necessity compelled him. For Marx was before all else a revolutionist. But that is not all. Bourgeois, whether conservative or ultra-democratic, vied with one another in heaping slanders upon him. On the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker ceased to think. attained by a given people or during a given epoch, form the foundation Marx Engels Archive, Highgate Cemetery, London. aside as though it were a cobweb, ignoring it, answering only when extreme However He had been left alone for scarcely two minutes, and when we came back we found him in his armchair, peacefully gone to sleep — but for ever. Brussels and London, and finally, crowning all, the formation of the great His name will endure through the ages, and so also will his work. Frederick Engels’ Speech at the Grave of Karl Marx. Such was the man of science. Happy the to envisage, he experienced quite another kind of joy when the discovery

society that this mode of production has created. He had been left alone for scarcely two minutes, and when we came back we found him in his armchair, peacefully gone to sleep — but for ever. His work on the first Rheinische Zeitung (1842), the Paris Vorwarts (1844), the Deutsche Brusseler Zeitung (1847), the Neue Rheinische Zeitung (1848-49), the New York Tribune (1852-61), and, in addition to these, a host of militant pamphlets, work in organisations in Paris, Brussels and London, and finally, crowning all, the formation of the great International Working Men’s Association—this was indeed an achievement of which its founder might well have been proud even if he had done nothing else. And, consequently, Marx was the best hated and most calumniated The gap that has been left by the departure of this mighty spirit

All this he brushed aside as though it were a cobweb, ignoring it, answering only when extreme necessity compelled him.