[London, 9 May 1868]

... When I have cast off the burden of political economy, I shall write a ‘Dialectic’. The true laws of dialectics are already contained in Hegel, though in a mystical form. What is needed is to strip away this form...

First published in Der Volksstaat, Nr. 3, 9 January 1876. Printed according to the newspaper. Published in English for the first time.