Mimicking the scientists" curiosity, philosophers questioned the basic workings of government and society and in doing so gave rise to the Age of Enlightment. ... The middle-class merchants and farmers resisted paying their taxes, while the poor rioted against these landlords and the insufferable high costs of living that they were subject to. ...

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He created an opportunity for the lower class to rise above the aristocrats and to fail due to the creation of the middle class. ... Karl attended Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium, the local academic high school. ...

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The 1850's saw the staging of the Great Exhibition, an event through which England could boast, according to the Times, "of that day when all ages and climes shall be gathered round the throne of the maker" (Schlicke, p48). ...

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