If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for humankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people.
– Marx, Letter to His Father (1837)
Yes, Comrade Karl, your deeds and words do, indeed, ‘live on quietly’ – and sometimes not so quietly – but ‘perpetually at work’!
Long Live Karl Marx!
