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Meet Friedrich

5/31/2008

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There don't seem to be any new guesses forthcoming, so here you go, the answer to last week's Name That Statue quiz. Perhaps a more complete look at the statue will give it away.

Although Craig was clearly on the right track in terms of logical thought, his high school must have used a different history textbook from mine, because I have long had a clear impression of what Marx looked like. When Dan of England and I came across this statue, though, it occurred to me that I couldn't remember ever seeing a picture of Engels. Poor Engels -- the Sancho Panza of economics, cast aside despite his instrumental role in a seminal work. I'd compare him to a more appropriate unjustly-second fiddle, but I can't remember any of their names. Much less what they looked like.

Incidentally, this statue was only built in 1985, which I find mildly entertaining.


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Tony
6/2/2008 12:58:04 am

Looking for another forgotten second act? Two words: Art Garfunkel.

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