A few lines at once. Dr Jakobi,  I have been informed by workers, has become a very good citizen and consequently is not to be troubled in any way with my private affairs. I must see about doing something, but I see that you have tried to do everything in your power, and therefore ask you to consider this affair settled. I do not write for the Commonwealth. Miquel  and Co can wait a long time before they become Prussian ministers.
Marx-Engels Correspondence 1866