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A historian is not always a prophet facing backwards, but a journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything beforehand.

Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
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Literary Critic
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Jicin
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Journalism
Knew
Beforehand
Someone
Afterwards
Everything
Backwards

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