"Overall, when reading about M&E you somewhat feel sorry for Marx."
Bub, Marx is the one who knocked up his maid. Marx is the one who ignored his bastard son. Marx is the one who as a Dad was so bad, three of his daughters killed themselves ...
Marx is not someone to feel sorry for...
Actually Engles finally took responsibility for the maid and actually did support her somewhat.
http://www.tales.ndirect.co.uk/KARL1.HTML
Now there has been some argument that Marx was the father. I however have always disliked Engles much more than Marx. Without E you most like would never have had M. I subscrbe to the Engles hating club (: