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marx’s inconsistencies with his profession disturbed his father because marx’s studies were very expensive and became a burden for him. i understand his father’s concern, but marx himself was also experiencing great turmoil, which his father seemed to overlook.

"it was not the possession of cold, filthy, minted money that makes a human being a human being, but rather character, disposition, understanding, and empathy for the weal and woe of one's fellows"

- Thomas Simon