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Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Writer
Jicin
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Children
Sex
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