V. I. Lenin

HOW THE "SPARK"
WAS NEARLY EXTINGUISHED



Written at the beginning  
of September 1900  
 
First published in 1924  
in Lenin Miscellany I  

Published according to
the manuscript
 
 
 



From V. I. Lenin, Collected Works, 4th English Edition,
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1972,

First printing 1960
Second printing 1964
Third printing 1972

Vol. 4, pp. 333-49.

Translated by Joe Fineberg and by George Hanna
Edited by Victor Jerome


Prepared © for the Internet by David J. Romagnolo, djr@cruzio.com (September 1997)



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