Enclosed is a letter from Ebner. Today I also received another letter from Weydemeyer. Among other things he writes: After W[eydemeyer] has given us another push he writes: Take this to heart and concoct a New Year song to the New World. Under the present circumstances I believe it is really easier to write in verse than in prose, be it heavy or light-hearted. Incidentally, if you ever attempt to turn the humour that is peculiar to your African majesty in private life into artistic form, I am certain you would play a role in this genre too, for, as your wife has rightly noted, you are a sly one underneath.
Letters: Marx-Engels Correspondence 1851