ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the style of work that which is peculiar and characteristic in the practice of Leninism, that which brings to the fore a special type of Leninist worker. Leninism is a school where the study of the theory and practice of Leninism produces a special type of Party and State official, a special kind of style in public work. Lenin was in the habit of countering revolutionary phrase-mongering by imposing common, everyday tasks, thereby emphasising the fact that revolutionary fantasy is opposed to the whole spirit and practice of Leninism. A combination of revolutionary zeal with the practical spirit constitutes the essence of Leninism as manifested in Party and in public work. The best antidote to revolutionary fantasy is practical work imbued with the American spirit. But the practical, businesslike American spirit is liable to degenerate into narrow-minded, unprincipled commercialism, if it be not allied with revolutionary zeal.
