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Nature has made a mistake in the choice of my sexuality and I must do a life-long penance for it, for the moral power to suffer the unavoidable with dignity is lost.

Richard von Krafft-Ebing

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Richard von Krafft-Ebing
Age: 62 †
Born: 1840
Born: August 14
Died: 1902
Died: December 22
Neurologist
Philosopher
Physician
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
University Teacher
Writer
Mannheim
Germany
Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing
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Sexuality

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