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A desperate young man plans the perfect crime -- the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old woman whom no one loves and whom no one will mourn. Is it not just, he reasons, for a man of genius to commit such a crime, to transgress moral law -- if it will ultimately benefit humanity? A desperate young man plans the perfect crime -- the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old woman whom no one loves and whom no one will mourn. Is it not just, he reasons, for a man of genius to commit such a crime, to transgress moral law -- if it will ultimately benefit humanity?

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