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All history has been a history of class struggles, of struggles between exploited and exploiting, between dominated and dominating classes at various stages of social development.
Friedrich Engels
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Friedrich Engels
Age: 74 †
Born: 1820
Born: November 28
Died: 1895
Died: August 5
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