Lenin CW-Vol. 23.pdf - From Marx to Mao

332V. I. LENINcause. In a difficult and big undertaking mistakes areinevitable, nor will we avoid them. The Finnish workers arebetter organisers, they will help us in this sphere, they will,in their own way, push forward the establishment of thesocialist republic.Revolutionary victories in Russia proper—peaceful organisationalsuccesses in Finland shielded by these victories—theRussian workers’ transition to revolutionary organisationaltasks on a new scale—capture of power by theproletariat and poorest strata of the population—encouragementand development of the socialist revolution in theWest—this is the road that will lead us to peace and socialism.N. LeninZurich, March 11 (24), 1917First publishedin the magazineThe Communist InternationalNo. 3- 4, 1924.Published according tothe manuscript