Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (27 December 1796 - 2 August 1877) was a German Generalfeldmarschall, born at Eisenach.
Read more about Karl Friedrich Von Steinmetz: Early Life and Napoleonic Wars, Promotion To Field Marshal and Later Life
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“a big picture of K. Marx with an axe,
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O Karl would it were true
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—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)
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