> > >Karl Marx, b. Trier, May 5, 1818
Strange to think that he was born almost 200 years ago. Beethoven was still alive. Dickens was six and Trollope was three -- and yet old Chuckie seems very, well, modern.
*Hoists a glass to the great man* Here's to you, Chuckie, and may your boils bedevil the bourgeoisie in saecula saeculorum!