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The Interlopers

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The Interlopers

The main lesson of "The Interlopers" is that it is wrong to harbor generations-long animosities between families and that enemies should attempt to reconcile before it is too late. If opponents have...

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The Interlopers

The phrase "The chance had come to give full play to the passions of a lifetime" in "The Interlopers" refers to the unexpected encounter between Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, who have long...

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