Marx is quoted as saying that religion is the "opium of the people- (Smelser xvii). ... Marx then emigrated to France. Arriving in Paris in the latter part of 1843, Marx made contact with groups of émigré German workers and with various sects of French socialists. ... Some of Marx's major works include Das Kapital (3 vol., 1867-94), The Poverty of Philosophy (1847), The Class Struggles in France (1848), and A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859), just to name a few. ... He wrote two lengthy pamphlets on the 1848 revolution in France and its aftermat...

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