The Autobiography of a Thief

Copyright, 1903, By

Fox, Duffield & Company

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Entered at the Library of Congress, Washington, U. S. A.

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Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England.

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Published May, 1903.

"Oh, happy he who can still hope to emerge from this sea of error!"

Faust.

"There is no man doth a wrong for the wrong's sake, but thereby to purchase himself profit, or pleasure, or honour, or the like; therefore why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than me? And if any man should do wrong merely out of ill-nature, why, yet it is but like the thorn or briar, which prick and scratch because they can do no other."

Bacon.

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