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Quotation from Karl Marx and the Close of His System by Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

“As an author Karl Marx was enviably fortunate”

Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (spoken by Böhm-Bawerk)

Karl Marx and the Close of His System, Introduction, trans. Alice M. Macdonald (1898)

The opening sentence of the Introduction, where Böhm-Bawerk observes that Capital won a vast readership despite its difficulty and despite the long wait for its promised later volumes.

Citation: "As an author Karl Marx was enviably fortunate" — Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Karl Marx and the Close of His System, Introduction, trans. Alice M. Macdonald (1898). (id bohm-bawerk-karl-marx-and-the-close-of-his-system-q1)

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