524. To INESSA ARMAND

Written October 31, 1916 · First published in 1964 in Collected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 49. Sent from Zurich to Sörenberg. Printed from the original. · page 581

Dear Friend,

Please insert the following two additions in the text:

After the words:
the use of Violence by the oppressed classes
add: “against their oppressors”.

After the words:
Four years before the revolution we supported the use of violence by the masses
add:
“against their oppressors”.^[1]

Nadya intends to write to you tomorrow.

Notes

[1] This refers to additions to the translated text of Lenin’s speech at the congress of the Swiss Social-Democratic Party (see present edition, Vol. 23, pp. 121–24).—Ed.