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evangelical socialists. 
party of Monarchical Christian Socialists is of recen 
X date. It was formed by the energetic action of th( 
leader of the anti-Semitic movement, Herr Stöcker, one of the 
court preachers, and a clergyman of the conservative anc 
orthe^ox type. It seems clearly to have been the example o 
the Catholic clergy that led the Protestant ministers in thi< 
direction.* They, too, wished, on their side, to acquirt 
influence over the labouring classes, by concerning themselves 
with their grievances and making themselves the mouthpiece 
of some of their ideas. The main difference was that, while 
the Catholic clergy acted with a view to opposition and tc 
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