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Letter to the Police Prefect
Paris, March 30, 1892 Monsieur Lozé I learn from the newspapers that you are sure of catching me. Well, let me tell you that you will not take me alive at least; dead, it […]
Year: 2015
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Looking forward (July 2015)
[ezcol_2third] “Chaque commentateur de Bakounine fait un choix.” – Frank Mintz, Saint-Imier, 2012. It’s been a while since I’ve done an update on the publishing side of the Bakunin Library project. Work on the Bakunin […]
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Letter to Ogarev and Ozerov (April 5, 1871)
Letter to Nikolay Platonovich Ogarev and Vladimir Michajlovich Ozerov April 5, 1871, Locarno 1. To Jean. Here is a letter to Varlin for you. I send it to you today in case, enflamed by our […]
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Letter to Nikolay Ivanovich Zhukovsky (May 5, 1870)
[Letter to Nikolay Ivanovich Zhukovsky, in Russia] May 5, 1870. Locarno. Casa Pedrazzini. Dear Zhuk, The day after my arrival, I responded briefly to you few words. Now I want to discuss with […]
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Fragment of a letter (c. 1835-1840)
True thought and feeling transmit harmony by means of chords, so if you want to know the truth, do not resort to deception. Deceit is vain; it disappears before the all-knowing eye like the wave […]
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Text addressed to Aleksandra, Liubov, Tatiana and Varvara Aleksandrovna Bakunina (November, 1835)
Heaven is within us, and it is within ourselves that we must live—that two souls can meet is happiness; that they may not meet is not yet misfortune. The heaven that we have within us […]
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Revolutionary Socialism in Russia (1875)
Revolutionary Socialism in Russia [1875] We have before us a very curious text, the translation of which the reader will find, added as an appendix, at the end of this article. It is a confidential […]
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Fragments concerning Freemasonry – B (1865)
FRAGMENTS CONCERNING FREEMASONRY [Summer-Fall 1865] B. Catechism of Freemasonry I. Theology Leaving aside the transcendent question, probably insoluble for man, of the Absolute and the existence or non-existence of an otherworldly and extra-human God; – […]
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Fragments concerning Freemasonry – A (1865)
FRAGMENTS CONCERNING FREEMASONRY [Summer-Fall 1865] A. In order to become once again a living and useful body, Freemasonry must once again seriously take up the service of humanity. But what does these words mean today: […]
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Speech at Malmö, Sweden, March 30, 1863
The working documents of an international movement can pose complicated problems for translators. Here, for example, is the text of a speech, apparently written in French, first reported in English, then translated back to French […]