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message 1: by Magnus (new)

Magnus Bernhardsen Added The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx because of this opening:
"Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce."


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Why don't voters use the 'why you added this book' section to add the first line?


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