Lenin: Marx and Engels did not share the general fear of the develop- ment of the proletariat; on the contrary, they placed all their hopes on its continued growth. The more proletarians there are, the greater is their strength as a revolutionary class, and the nearer and more possible does socialism be- come. The services rendered by Marx and Engels to the work- ing class may be expressed in a few words thus: they taught the working class to know itself and be conscious of itself, and they substituted science for dreams. That is why the name and life of Engels should be known to every worker. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote4611