Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 26 - From Marx to Mao

282V. I. LENINIt stands to reason, a split would be highly deplorable.But an honest and open split would now be incomparablybetter than internal sabotage, the thwarting of our owndecisions, disorganisation and prostration. At any rate, we donot doubt for a moment that the submission of our differences(which are in the main a replica of our differences with theNovaya Zhizn and Martov groups) to the people’s judgementwill ensure our policy the unreserved and devotedsupport of the revolutionary workers, soldiers and peasants,and will very soon condemn the wavering opposition toimpotent isolation.Written on November 3 (16), 1917First published in 1922in Proletarskaya Revolutsia No. 7Published accordingto a typewritten copy