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Letter to the Workers' Educational Association of Vienna
| Author(s) | Frederick Engels |
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| Written | 9 December 1892 |
Printed according to the manuscript
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 27
Engels wrote this message of greetings in response to the invitation to take part in the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Vienna Workers ' Educational Association (founded on December 15, 1867) sent by the Association's board in November 1892. The German original of Engels' letter has been found in the Vienna State Archive. A report on the celebrations was carried in the Arbeiter-Zeitung, No. 51, December 16, 1892.
[London,] December 9, 1892
122, Regent’s Park Road
Dear Comrades,
Sincere congratulations on the silver anniversary of the Association. The fight lasted long enough so that you might celebrate the happy occasion with honour.
And even outside Austria, there are plenty of people who admire your stamina in these battles. Your past is a guarantee for us all in future as well.
Many thanks for your kind invitation, which I am unfortunately unable to accept.
Once more: long live the festival of the proletariat, long live international Social Democracy!
Yours as ever,
F. Engels