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The triumph of morality: A thief who has broken into a bedroom claims his sense of shame had been outraged, and by threatening theoccupants with exposure of an immoral act he blackmails them into not bringing charges for burglary.

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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
Claims
Thief
Shame
Exposure
Morality
Thieves
Broken
Immoral
Sense
Threatening
Burglary
Bedroom
Blackmail
Bringing
Charges
Triumph
Outraged

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