偶翻恩格斯的书信集,很为他处理的几件事而感慨。1892年3月,德国社会民主党的新党员梅林(《马克思传》的作者)写了一部评论文学作品的书。他以为党的报刊会为他的书作广告或发表书评,然而报刊却持沉默态度。梅林不满了,认为党的报刊不理会他的书是不能原谅的。恩格斯知道后回答说:不为突出任何个人而登广告;这是党的“惯例”,“不管这会使个别人有时多么不高兴, Even turn Engels’s letter, it is for him to deal with a few things with emotion. In March 1892, Merlin, the new member of German Social-Democracy (the author of The Biography of Marx), wrote a book that commented on literary works. He thought that the party’s press would advertise or publish a book review for his book, yet the press remained silent. Merlin dissatisfied, that the party’s newspapers ignore his book is unforgivable. Engels replied, noting that it was not an advertisement for any individual; it was the Party’s “convention” that "no matter how unhappy an individual might be,