Revolution and Other Stories

The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay, wherein the footprints of their age Are petrified for ever.I received a letter the other day. It was from a man in Arizona. It began, ldquo;Dear Comrade.rdquo; It ended, ldquo;Yours for the Revolution.rdquo; I replied to the letter, and my letter began, ldquo;Dear Comrade.rdquo; It ended, ldquo;Yours for the Revolution.rdquo; In the United States there are 400,000 men, of men and women nearly 1,000,000, who begin their letters ldquo;Dear Comrade,rdquo; and end them ldquo;Yours for the Revolution.rdquo; In Germany there are 3,000,000 men who begin their letters ldquo;Dear Comraderdquo; and end them ldquo;Yours for the Revolutionrdquo;; in France, 1,000,000 men; in Austria, 800,000 men; in Belgium, 300,000 men; in Italy, 250,000 men; in England, 100,000 men; in Switzerland, 100,000 men; in Denmark, 55,000 men; in Sweden, 50,000 men; in Holland, 40,000 men; in Spain, 30,000 menmdash;comrades all, and revolutionists.