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Herman Gorter

(1864–1927) Poet Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Herman Gorter was a poet from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, best known for Mei.

Quick Facts About Herman Gorter

Born: November 26, 1864
Died: September 15, 1927
Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Profession: Poet
Notable works: Mei

About Herman Gorter

Herman Gorter was a Dutch poet, classical scholar, and communist theorist. A leading member of the Tachtigers, a highly influential literary movement in the Netherlands, he was one of the most acclaimed poets of his generation for his 1889 lyrical epic Mei. After 1897, he became a committed Marxist and a prominent theoretician of the international communist left.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Herman Gorter

For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war, and in part before their very eyes,…

Before

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The revolution came so suddenly, and in a way so utterly different from what we expected.

Came

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Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land, and the…

Amount

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To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one might even surmise that a revolt of…

Assembly

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The revolution in Russia was terrible for the proletariat in the long years of its development and it is terrible now, after…

Actual

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And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million poor peasants in France, and also for…

Belgium

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Because in Russia you were able to triumph with the help of a large class of poor peasants, you represent things in…

Able

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As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell…

Excellent

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You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here in Western Europe. And in that stage…

Comrade

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This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All tactics that are not based on this…

Absolute

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The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should always be borne in mind here in…

Alone

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But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the masses. This can only be accomplished by…

Accomplished

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What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western Europe stands all alone: that it has…

All alone

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Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a doubt, I also am a victim, has…

Also

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The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often terrible, they are not as appalling as…

Appalling

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Of course you know this difference as well as I do, only you failed to draw from it the conclusions for the…

Able

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There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe.

Differences

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