“And what is your opinion of it, if I may ask?” Sharikov shrugged. “I don’t agree.” “With whom? With Engels, or with Kautsky?” “With neither,” answered Sharikov. “That’s marvelous, I swear. Everyone who says the other . . . And what would you propose yourself?” “What’s there to propose? . . . They write and write . . . congress, Germans . . . who knows them. . . Makes your head spin. Just take everything and divide it up . . .”
