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HEAD ICE
23rd December 2010, 01:21
...a stupid and absurd prejudice.
- Friedrich Engels, apparently

I read this quote in a work by CLR James, I googled it and could only find it back to the article, quoted in a book that wasn't sourced, and another book where Lenin quotes it in a speech but I can't find that speech either.

Wondering if anyone can find this in any of Engels writings (or in a speech by Lenin, which is called "On Deceiving the People with Slogans about Liberty and Equality).

HEAD ICE
23rd December 2010, 18:24
Thank you. Does anyone have a link to Lenin's speech? The title of it has me interested.