Karl Amson Joel (November 20, 1889 – November 4, 1982) was a German-Jewish textile merchant and manufacturer with Joel Macht Fabrik. He is the grandfather of conductor Alexander Joel and musician Billy Joel.
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“There are certain books in the world which every searcher for truth must know: the Bible, the Critique of Pure Reason, the Origin of Species, and Karl Marx’s Capital.”
—W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)
“They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 2:4.
The words reappear in Micah 4:3, and the reverse injunction is made in Joel 3:10 (”Beat your plowshares into swords ...”)