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pia. It is a fact also that there were several purges in the Arbeiter¬
bund which Weitling created in the United States in the early
1850's. Finally, it is not without significance that as time went on,
Weitling's utterances revealed an increasing concern with a "new
Messiah," "greater than the first," who would come to lead man
kind out of its misery. No one who has read his major works can
doubt who that Messiah would be. Nevertheless, Weitling be
lieved that in the end, when the transition period was over and the
social revolution was complete, its prophet and leader would sur
render his authority to the people and dwell thenceforth among
them as the humblest of them all.
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(Barré)
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