adults. His father described him as "insatiable in his quest for information." (Carmichael, 1967, 9). As an adolescent, what Karl longed most for in his later life was distinction in the world of thought. While still in high school, he decided for himself that he was to become a poet. In his pre-university examinations, he wrote an essay titled "Reflections of a Youth Before Choosing a Profession." The following is an exert from that essay.
             "We cannot always take up the profession we feel
             ourselves suited for; our social relations have
             begun more or less to crystallize before we are
             able to determine them." (Carmichael, 1967, 12).
             He attended the University of Bonn, and later the University of Berlin where he studied in law, while majoring in history and philosophy. He graduated university in 1831 and became devoted to the works of George Friedrich Hegel, an idealist philosopher. Hegel influenced many areas of modern philosophy, but his strongest influence was on Karl Marx.. Hegel developed the idea of the Absolute being reality, reason and history. Marx joined the "Left Hegelians", a group who formed atheistic and revolutionary ideas from Hegel's philosophy. (Wolfe, 1965, 24). He made regular contributions to Rheinische Zeitung (The Rhine Gazette), and in 1842, he became editor-in-chief. The paper became more and more controversial and eventually the government forced it to stop operation in March of 1843. Marx married his childhood sweetheart Jenny Von Westphalen in 1843. After his marriage, Marx moved to Paris where he started another unsuccessful newspaper, Deutsch-Franzosische Jahrbucher. Marx met his closest friend and lifelong business partner, Engels, in Paris. Together they participated in the activities of many revolutionary societies and workers un
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