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Philosopher's financial backers are becoming charitable at last (6)

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engels

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(Other definitions for engels that I've seen before include "Co-author of Karl Marx" , "He co-authored The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx" , "Pioneer of communism" , "Close collaborator of Karl Marx" , "German linked to Marx" .)

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