{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Entries from Jenny Caroline Marx's Confession Book", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/135533418393/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://jesuit-space-pirate.tumblr.com/post/86511565683\" target=\"_blank\">jesuit-space-pirate</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2026which marxists.org had to take down due to copyright reasons.</p>\n<p>Apart from giving you some idea of their characters, I love these for two reasons:</p>\n<p>1) Everyone\u2019s like, \u201cHero: Spartacus\u201d, \u201cIdea of misery: dependence\u201d, \u201cMotto: Per aspera ad astra\u201d, \u201cFavourite colour: red\u201d \u2026and then there\u2019s Engels.</p>\n<p>2) Martin Farquhar Tupper\u2019s German Wikipedia entry is five sentences long, and the longest of these five sentence is, \u201cBekannt ist Tupper nicht zuletzt deswegen, weil <a href=\"http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx\" title=\"Karl Marx\" target=\"_blank\">Karl Marx</a> in das Poesiealbum seiner Tochter neben Veilchenpuder seinen Namen in die Kategorie \u201eAbneigung\u201c eingetragen hatte.\u201d</p>\n<p><b>Karl Marx</b></p>\n<p>You favourite virtue: simplicity<br/>- in man: strength<br/>- in woman: weakness <i>[Can you not?]</i><br/>Chief characteristic: singleness of purpose<br/>The vice you excuse: gullibility<br/>- detest: servility<br/>Aversion: Martin Tupper, Violet powder<br/>Favourite occupation: bookworming<br/>Poet: Dante, Aeschylus, Shakespeare, G\u00f6the<br/>Prose writer: Diderot, Lessing, Hegel, Balzac<br/>Hero: Spartacus, Keppler<br/>Heroine: Gretchen<br/>Flower: Daphne<br/>Colour: Red<br/>Colour of eyes &amp; hair: black<br/>Names: Jenny, Laura<br/>Dish: fish<br/>Maxim: Nihil humanum a me alienum puto<br/>Motto: De omnibus dubitandum</p>\n<p><b>Jenny Marx</b></p>\n<p>Your favourite virtue: sincerity<br/>- in man: perseverance<br/>- in woman: affection<br/>Chief characteristic: sensitiveness<br/>Idea of happiness: health<br/>- misery: dependence<br/>The vice you excuse most: indecision<br/>- detest most: ingratitude<br/>Your aversion: debts<br/>Favourite occupation: needlework<br/>Poet: G\u00f6the<br/>Prose writer: Martin Luther<br/>Hero: Coriolanus<br/>Heroine: Florence Nightingale<br/>Flower: rose<br/>Colour: blue<br/>Maxim: Never mind<br/>Motto: Nil desperandum</p>\n<p><b>Friedrich Engels</b></p>\n<p>Your favourite virtue: jollity<br/>Quality in man: to mind his own business<br/>- in woman: not to mislay things<br/>Idea of happiness: Ch\u00e2teau Margaux 1848<br/>- misery: to go to a dentist<br/>The vice you excuse: excess of any sort<br/>- detest: Cant<br/>Your aversion: affected stuck up women<br/>The character you most dislike: Spurgeon<br/>Favourite occupation: chaffing &amp; being chaffed<br/>Hero: none<br/>Heroine: too many to name one<br/>Poet: Reineke de Vost, Shakespeare, Ariost etc.<br/>Prose writer: Goethe, Lessing, Dr. Samelson<br/>Flower: Blue Bell<br/>Colour: any one not Aniline<br/>Dish: cold: Salad, hot: Irish Stew<br/>Maxim: not to have any<br/>Motto: take it easy</p>\n<p><b>Helena Demuth</b></p>\n<p>Your favourite virtue: Decision<br/>- in man: courage<br/>- in woman: Good temper<br/>Chief characteristic: Love to the young Marxens<br/>Idea of happiness: To eat a dinner I hav\u2019nt created<br/>- misery: To be dependent on others<br/>Vice I excuse: Prodigality<br/>- detest: Egotism<br/>Your aversion: a miser<br/>The character I most dislike: Lasalle<br/>Favourite occupation: Building castles in the air<br/>Hero: My biggest saucepan<br/>Heroine: My coffepot<br/>Poet: The one I know least of<br/>Prose writer: Eug\u00e8ne Sue<br/>Flower: Rose<br/>Colour: Blue<br/>Dish: Pork<br/>Maxim: Leben und leben lassen!</p>\n<p><b>Jenny Caroline Marx</b></p>\n<p>My favourite virtue: Humanity<br/>Quality in man: moral courage<br/>- in woman: devotion<br/>Idea of happiness: to love<br/>Vice I detest: envy<br/>- excuse: credulity<br/>Aversion: prejudice<br/>Characters in history I most dislike: Buonaparte and his nephew<br/>Favourite poet: Shakespeare<br/>Hero: Gracchus<br/>Flower: lily<br/>Colour: red<br/>Maxim: To thine own self be true<br/>Motto: Per aspera ad astra</p>\n</blockquote>"}