Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

The Third Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.

APRIL 12-27 (APRIL 25-MAY 10), 1905

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OUTLINE OF A SPEECH ON THE QUESTION OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN WORKERS AND INTELLECTUALS IN SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC ORGANISATIONS^{1}

Outline of my speech on May 3 (15th sitting).

1. I. It is not right to say (as Vlasov did) that in our country it is the intellectuals that are mainly the exponents of revolutionary Social-Democratic ideas.
2. II. It is not right to say (as Vlasov did) that the elective principle will not make for better information of the outlying districts, etc.
3. III. Vlasov said that it is the intellectuals that are at the head (of splits and oppositions). This is confirmed by Latyshev, Lyadov, Kramolnikov, etc.
4. IV. W o r k e r sm u s tb eb r o u g h ti n t ot h e c o m m i t t e e s.

Notes

{1} The speeches were not taken down in shorthand, and in accordance with the standing orders, every speaker had to submit a summary of his speech to the Congress Bureau within two hours of the sitting (see Trety syezd R.S.D.R.P., p. 11). p. 157