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"Bernstein was no ordinary socialist. He was one of the SPD’s most important leaders and intellectual figures, a trusted and early colleague of Marx and Engels, and a good friend of Kautsky’s. As such, his views had to be taken seriously. As one observer noted, “when Bernstein challenged the accuracy of Marxian prophecy it was as if the pope declared there would be no Second Coming.”