当柯尔在1959年一月逝世的时候,他晚年的那部巨著“社会主义思想史”的最后一卷,除了欠缺两章和有待最后修改之外,已经完成了。(在欠缺的那一两章当中,除了完成的关于中国的一章之外,对于亚洲的其他部分还一字未写)。欠缺的那几章虽永无再写的可能,但修改的工作却为他的妻子和儿子承担起来。从出版的这卷书来看,并未给人们未写完的印象。书的最后一章是总结。柯尔本无意把书 When Cole passed away in January 1959, the last volume of his later book, The History of Socialist Thought, was completed except for a lack of two chapters and pending final revision. (In the two chapters that are missing, there is no word left for the rest of Asia, except for the chapter on China.) Although the missing chapters were never written again, the revised work was undertaken for his wife and son. From the publication of this book, did not give the impression that people did not finish. The last chapter of the book is a summary. Kolb did not intend to put the book