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Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Translator
Writer
Jicin
Nature
Straitjacket
Human
Squeezing
Humans
Squeeze
Criminal
Criminals
Appear
Crime
Justice

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