"Marx, his mind as hard and brilliant as a diamond, knew he would emerge the victor in any battle of wits."
— Gabriel, Mary
Author
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date
2011
Metaphor
"Marx, his mind as hard and brilliant as a diamond, knew he would emerge the victor in any battle of wits."
Metaphor in Context
The minutes of the meeting reveal none of the preceding drama. Marx, his mind as hard and brilliant as a diamond, knew he would emerge the victor in any battle of wits. While he could be absolutely volcanic in more private settings, in such meetings he seemed to enjoy frustrating his opponents by appearing as calm and rational as possible. Such was the case when the Central Authority met to discuss and vote on his proposal that the executive body of the Communist League be moved from London to Cologne, that the league's rules be declared null and void and rewritten, and that the London league be split into two groups, or "districts," both reporting directly to Cologne but having little to do with each other. [...]
(p. 198)
(p. 198)
Categories
Provenance
Reading "The Means of Reproduction" in The New York Times Book Review (September 25, 2011): 17. <Link to NYTimes.com>
Citation
Mary Gabriel, Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution (New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2011)
Date of Entry
09/28/2011
