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=" a ta SS a RMS TSN Ng pile % atte’ wy q eon Srae . thon tf i Ne ASAE Uipaeg. an. “#* he oe yen Sas wef a " A 44 ny >, we ea» a 4. . “Fe pots el as Poot a t «fre ia Ne a ES Tae yal ~ mat iY sae Gry, 4 wer wie of é a hg! ae struggle. The workers of the more advanced countries are rising side by side with us. Hard battles are still in store for them and ourselves, The yoke of capital will be broken in the common struggle and socialism will finally triumph! V. I. Lenin, Marx-Engels-Marxism, p. 49 2 aw ree =e V.I, LENIN THE THREE SOURCES AND THREE COMPONENT PARTS OF MARXISM The teaching of Marx evokes throughout the civilized world the greatest hostility and hatred on the part of all bourgeois science (both official and liberal) which regards Marxism as some- thing in the nature of a “pernicious sect.” No other attitude is to be expected, since there can be no “impartial” social science in a society which is built up on the class struggle. Alf official and liberal science defends wage-slavery in one way or another, whereas Marxism has declared relentless war on that slavery, To expect science to be impartial in a society of wage-slavery is as silly and naive as to expect impartiality from employers on the question as to whecher the workers’ wages should be increased by decreasing the profits of capital. However, this is not al]. The history of philosophy and that of social science shows with perfect clearness that there is nothing in Marxism resembling “sectarianism” in the sense of a secluded, fossilized doctrine originating somewhere away from the high road of development of world civilization. On the contrary, the genius of Marx manifested itself in that he provided the answers to questions which had already been put by the advanced brains of humanity. His teaching came as a direct and immediate continuation of the teaching of the greatest representatives of philosophy, politi- cal economy, and socialism. The teaching of Marx is all-powerful because ie is crue. It is complete and harmonious, providing men’with a consistent view of the universe, which cannot be reconciled with any superstition, any reaction, any defense of bourgeois oppression. It is the lawful successor of the best chat has been created by humanity in the nineteenth century--German philosophy, English political econ- omy, and French socialism. 5