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# Thom's Irish Who's Who/O'Donnell, Elliot

​O'DONNELL, Elliot; author, actor, and lecturer. Educ.: Clifton College, and Queen's Service Academy, Ely Place, Dublin. Ranched in U.S.A.; went on English Stage, and subsequently took to writing; universally known as "The Ghost Man"; lectures extensively on "Hauntings," Kindness to Animals; created a great sensation in England and U.S.A. in March and April, 1922, by two disclosures re Anti-Man Movement among ultra-feminists in London. Pubns.: For Satan's Sake; Dinevagh the Beautiful; Jennie Barlowe; The Unknown Depths; Some Haunted Houses of England and Wales; Haunted Houses of London; Ghostly Phenomena; Scottish Ghosts; Dreams and their Meanings: Werwolves; The Sorcery Club; Animal Ghosts; Haunted Highways; The Irish Abroad; Twenty Years' Experience as a Ghost Hunter; The Haunted Man; Haunted Places in England: The Menace of Spiritualism; The Banshees; More Haunted Houses of London. Editor and joint Author of The Reminiscences of Mrs. E M. Ward; correspondent to "The Times," "Sunday Times" "Daily Chronicle," "Sunday Express." "Sunday Chronicle," "Evening News," "Manchester Evening News," "Weekly Dispatch," "Tatler," "Idler," "Grand," "Nave." "Royal," "Premier," etc. Recns.: walking and ghost hunting; b. 1872: youngest son of late Rev. Henry O'Donnell,' M.A. (T.C.D.), of Trough, Co. Limerick, and cousin of late Gen. Sir Charles R. O'Donnell, K.C.B., Royal Irish Academy; direct descendant of Niall of the Nine Hostages: m. 1905, Ada Caroline Bullivant, youngest dau. of Henry W. Williams, M.D Club: Savage, London.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/O'Doherty, Eileen

Anna Walker
​O'DOHERTY, Eileen (Anna Walker), Educ. in Dublin; studied for the stage under W. G. and F. J. Fay; made first appearance on the stage with the Irish National Theatre Society, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1905 as the child in "The Hour Glass"; made first appearance on the London stage, at the Court Theatre, 7th June, 1909, as Mamie in "Dervorgilla"; during her career she has played the following parts either at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, or at the Court Theatre, London; Babsy in "The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet," the old woman in "Deirdre," Bridget Twomey in "Harvest," Mary Kate in "The Eloquent Dempsey,"; Mrs. Desmond in "The Cross Roads," Mrs. Pender in "The Casting Out of Martin Whelan," Maura Morrissey in "Birthright," Margaret in "The Piedish" Nerine in "The Rogueries of Spain," Miss Joyce in "Haycinth Halvey," Mary Brien in "The Clancy Name," Mary Mulroy in "The Mineral Workers," Maria Donnelly in "Family Failing," Mrs. O'Connor in "Maurice Harte," Mrs. Keegan in "The Supplanter," Mrs. Hickey in "Sovereign Love," Mrs. Sullivan in "Patriots," Kate Moran in "Crusaders," Mrs. Geoghan in "The White Headed Boy"; has toured with the Company in England, Scotland and the United States. Recn.: boating: dau. of Matthew Walker and Eileen O'Doherty; h. in Dublin, 1891. Res.: 101 Lower Mount Street, Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/O'Doherty, Philip

​O'DOHERTY, Philip. Educ.: St. Columba's College, Londonderry. Admitted a Solicitor, 1895; was M.P. for North Donegal, 1906-18; b. 1871. Address: 11 East Wall, Londonderry.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/O'Donnell, Charles James

​O'DONNELL, Charles James, M.A. (Q.U.I.), 1870. Educ.: St. Ignatius College; Queen's College, Galway. Entered B.C.S. 1872; Magistrate and Collector, 1889-1898; Commissioner, 1898-1900; M.P. Walworth Division of Newington, 1906-10; J.P. for Hampshire. Pubns.: The Ruin of an Indian Province; The Failure of Lord Curzon; The Causes of Present Discontents in India, etc.: youngest son of late Capt. O'Donnell and brother of late Frank Hugh O'Donnell; b. 1850. Res.: 2 Hans Crescent Mansions, London, S.W.1.; Eversley, Hants; Waverley Hill, Camberley, Surrey. Club: Wellington.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/O'Donnell, John

​O'DONNELL, John; founder and proprietor of the Connaught Champion newspaper: M.P. South Mayo, 1900-1910; b. 1870. Res.: Galway.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/O'Doherty, Joseph

​O'DOHERTY, Joseph M.P. North Donegal since Dec, 1918 Address: 23 Creggan Street, Londonderry.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/O'Doherty, Most Rev. Thomas

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​O'DOHERTY, Most Rev. Thomas, D.D., Bishop of Clonfert; b. Kilruane, Lisacul, Roscommon, 21st Nov,, 1877, Educ,: Summerhill College, Sligo, and Maynooth; Ordained Priest, June, 1902; Professor Summerhill College, Sligo, 1902-1910; Dean Maynooth College, 1910-1919: Liturgical Contributor to I. E. Record, 1911-1919: Consecrated Bishop of Clonfert, 11th Sept, 1919. Res.: St. Brendan's, Loughrea, Co. Galway.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/O'Conor Don, The, Owen Phelim O'Conor

​O'CONOR DON, The, Owen Phelim O'Conor, D.L., J.P. Co. Roscommon (High Sheriff, 1918); eldest surviving son of late Rt. Hon. Charles Owen O'Conor (The O'Conor Don), P.C, M.P.; b. 1870; m. 1st, 1913, Mary Catherine (d. 1916), dau. of Chas. Eras. McLaughlin, of Detroit, U.S.A.; 2nd, 1919, Gertrude Gwendoline, only surviving dau. of late Charles M. O'Conor, of Mount Druid, Castlerea. Res.: Clonalis, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. Kildare Street Club, Dublin; Stephen's Green Club, Dublin.
# Translations from Homer/Hymn to the Delian Apollo

HYMN TO THE DELIAN APOLLO
[Ex edit. Frid. August. Wolf. Halæ Saxon. 1781.]
# Translations from the Chinese

Translations from the Chinese is a collection of entertaining pseudo translations of "Chinese poems," supposedly penned by a Mandarin. The "poems" started as a takeoff on the vers libre genre then popular; but, before Morley knew it, the "wise Mandarin poet" had taken on a ghostly form and manner all his own.
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[Front matter]
TRANSLATIONS
FROM THE
CHINESE ∵ CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
By Christopher Morley
    CHIMNEYSMOKE
    TRANSLATIONS FROM THE CHINESE
    HIDE AND SEEK
    THE ROCKING HORSE
    SONGS FOR A LITTLE HOUSE
    MINCE PIE
New York: George H. Doran Company
TRANSLATIONS FROM THE CHINESE
BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1922,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DEDICATED TO
AN ANGLO-AMERICAN MANDARIN IN WHOSE HEART ARE MANY
CELESTIAL INSCRIPTIONS
LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH
CONTENTS
A Letter of Ballast
The Palimpsest, 19
A TIME OF CRISIS, 21
INSCRIPTION FOR A BUTTERFLY'S WING, 22
ADVICE TO THOSE HIRING YOUNG MANDARINS, 23
INSCRIPTION FOR A MAN-HOLE IN BROOKLYN, 24
INSCRIPTION FOR A DOOR-KNOCKER ON TENTH STREET, 25
"THE SUN'S OVER THE FOREYARD", 26
THE OLD MANDARIN ON HIS TRAVELS, 27
AN AMERICAN MYSTIC, 28
HE LIKES TO GIVE BOTH SIDES OF THE MATTER, 29
HE PASSES ON THE GOOD WORD, 30
THE OLD MANDARIN GRIEVES, 31
A LETTER TO HIS FRIEND HO KUM, 32
VIGNETTE OF A POET, 33
VERY FEW REMEMBER, 34
THOUGHTS IN A KITCHEN, 35
ONLY WORD OF MOUTH, 36
CERTAINTY, 37
A LETTER TO HIS FRIEND MU KOW, 38
HE COMFORTS HIMSELF, 40
HE IS ONLY HUMAN, 41
A MOMENT OF MEDITATION, 42
LITTLE MINDS EVERYWHERE THE SAME, 43
AN ENIGMA IN THE WOODPILE, 44
HIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE NEWSPAPERS, 45
DEUS HAEC OTIA FECIT, 47
BURROWING LIKE A MOLE, 48
​THE HUBBUB OF THE UNIVERSE, 49
AN ARTIST, 50
A PATTERN IN THE MUD, 51
THE CIGARETTE STUB, 52
TO HIS SERVING MAID, 53
CONTRADICTION, 55
EXEMPT, 56
MEDITATIONS OF POETRY, 57
A PRAGMATIST, 58
A HAPPY LIFE, 59
A NATIONAL FRAILTY, 60
THE MAN WITH THE RAKE, 61
VERITAS VOS DAMNABIT, 63
ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT, 64
ADVANTAGE OF A BOOKISH UPBRINGING, 65
(A + B)², 67
SECRET THOUGHTS, 68
THE REALIST, 69
OVERDUE, 70
ONEIROMANCY, 71
MUTUAL ESTEEM, 72
APOCALYPSE, 73
SUNK WITHOUT TRACE, 74
IRRITATION OF THE OLD MANDARIN, 75
HE BROODS, 76
BIVALVES, 77
ETERNITY AND THE TOOTH, 78
A PROVERB, 79
THE TOLERATOR, 80
THE PAINTER, 81
THE POET, 82
ADJUSTMENT, 83
ANTICRASTINATION, 84
OH, INEQUITABLE BUILDINGS!, 85
TICK DOULOUREUX, 86
TRANSLATIONS
FROM THE CHINESE
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# Translations from Homer/Battle of the Frogs and Mice

BATTLE OF THE FROGS AND MICE.
NAMES OF THE FROGS AND MICE.
BATTLE OF THE FROGS AND MICE.
[Ex edit. Frid. August, Wolf. Halæ, Saxon, 1784]
# Translations from the Chinese/"The Sun's Over the Foreyard"

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"THE SUN'S OVER THE FOREYARD"
WHEN I was a passenger in the barque Windrush
I became aware of a pleasant sea custom.
Along toward noon
The captain s boy used to come politely to me
And whisper
"The captain's compliments, and the sun's over the foreyard."
And presently I learned that this meant
Come aft to the poop
And have a drink.
For mariners, men of sound self-control.
Never touch the bottle
Until the sun reaches the yards.
Now that I myself am a seaman
I always ship in square sail,
Never in steam,
In a steamer
The yards are so much higher.
# Translations from Homer/Notes to Hymn to the Delian Apollo

NOTES
TO THE
HYMN TO THE DELIAN APOLLO.
Note$^1$, p. 68.] Him on cragg'd Delos.
Note$^2$, p. 68.]
Lycophron it may be observed gives his voice in favour of this grand junction of the rivers.
Note$^3$, p. 68.]
Mark of all nature's minstrelsy.
Vid. Ilgen's note on popoi ad loc.
Note$^4$, p. 71.]
'Tis he whose sweetest song henceforth all song excels.
Be thou near to learn the song future times shall hear of me. The sons of the feeble hereafter will lift the voice on Cona and, looking up to the rocks, say, "Here Ossian dwelt."
Ossian, War of Caros, vol. i, 165.
# Translations from Pindar

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# Translations from the Chinese/(A + B)²

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(a + b)²
MARRIAGE is the square of a plus b
In other words
a² + b² + 2ab
Where 2ab (of course)
Are twins.
# Translations from the Chinese/A Happy Life

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A HAPPY LIFE
THE American poet Whitman
Did little to assist the razor industry,
But he erected a plausible philosophy
Of indolence
Which, without soft concealments,
He called Loafing.
This so irritated the American people
(Who were busy putting up buildings
And tearing them down again)
That they never forgave him.
He was deficient in humor,
But he had a good time.
# Translations from Homer/Notes to Battle of the Frogs and Mice

NOTES
TO THE
BATTLE OF THE FROGS AND MICE.
Note$^1$, p. 45.] Awake my song.
Note$^2$, p. 45.]
And shamed in might the giant's earth-born brood.
Note$^3$, p. 46.]
Note$^4$, p. 47.]
Ne'er yet from battle's withering shout I fled.
Son of the sea, I never fled. Ossian, Carthon, vol. i, p. 90.
Note$^5$, p. 49.]
​So king Creillus, in the Galeomyomachia, describes himself as a knight, sans tache, sans peur.
Note$^6$, p. 50.]
Lay rock'd and rolling on the deep-sea billow.
Beside some fen shall his tomb be seen; it shall rest without a song, his ghost shall hover in mist over the reedy pool.
Ossian, Tem. vol. ii, p. 107.
Note$^7$, p. 50.]
So king Sheep's-eye (Κρεἲλλος) in the Cat-and-Frog-fight.
​Note$^8$, p. 50.]
Arise to battle, my thousands! pour round me like the echoing main. Gather round the bright steel of your king: strong as the rocks of my land; that meet the storm with joy; and stretch their dark pines to the wind.Ossian, Fingal, b. i.
Exalt, ye sons of Erin, exalt the spear, and bend the bow: rush on the foe in darkness, as the spirits of stormy nights!
Ossian, Fingal, b. ii.
Note$^9$, p. 52.]
By Centaur-chief or earth-born giant led.
Note$^{10}$, p. 53.]
Snuff the rich steam and wet the whiskered lip.
In accordance with this, Sheep's-eye's threat to Jupiter, in the Cat-and-Mouse Fight, savoureth somewhat of pot valour.
Note$^{11}$, p. 54.]
Note$^{12}$, p. 54.] Forth flew the soul.
Note$^{13}$, p. 54.] Then on the bank did Pool.
Note$^{14}$, p. 56.]
Note$^{15}$, p. 56.] And earth's grim race.
​Note$^{16}$, p. 50.] Then shall the stoutest fall.
Then shall the mighty tremble, the spear shall fall from the hand of the valiant.Ossian, Temora, b. i.
Note$^{17}$, p. 57.]
The pale mice halted, trembled, turn'd, and fled.
The mice would appear to have experienced, in some former campaigns, the fatal chance of war.
Note$^{18}$, p. 57.]
# Transactions of the Geological Society, 1st series, vol. 4/Plates and Maps

Map of Sky, described p. 156.
* ↑ Localities where the shelly beds of the plastic clay have been dug into.
* ↑ In these localities the characteristic shells of the plastic clay formation are abundantly found; they are particularly described in Thorpe's Costumale Roffense and Hasted's History of Kent.
# Treatise of Human Nature/Book 3: Of morals/Part 3
### BOOK 3: Of morals

PART III: Of the other virtues and vices.
   * Section I. Of the origin of the natural virtues and vices
   * Section II. Of greatness of mind
   * Section III. Of goodness and benevolence
   * Section IV. Of natural abilities
   * Section V. Some farther reflections concerning the natural virtues
   * Section VI. Conclusion of this book
# Trouble on Titan

Published in Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1941

## Contents

* Chapter I: Snaring a Trapper
* Chapter II: Getaway Day
* Chapter III: Hell Hole
* Chapter IV: Disaster!
* Chapter V: The Etiquette of Murder
* Chapter VI: Sabotage
* Chapter VII: Mystery of Life
* Chapter VIII: Monster of Evil
* Chapter IX: Children of Esau
* Chapter X: Hotfoot on a Frigid World
* Chapter XI: The Price of Victory
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# Thomas Helsby's Account of the Port Louis Murders/Residents of Port Louis as of 26 August 1833

Source: Captain Onslow's report of the visit of HMS Clio to Port Louis in January 1833, Falkland Islands Government Archives, Stanley
Residents of Port Louis as of 26 August 1833
William Dickson (Luis Vernet’s storekeeper) Don Ventura Pasos Charles Russler Antonio Vehingar (known in Buenos Aires as Anthony Wagner) Juan Simon (Capataz i.e. Gauchos’ Foreman) Faustin Martinez Santiago Lopez Pascual Diego Manuel Coronel Antonio Rivero Jose Maria Lune Juan Brasido Manuel Gonzales Luciano Pelores Manuel Godoy Felipe Salagar M. Lattore (the last five being Charrúa Indians, sent to the Falklands by the Governor of Montevideo) Antonina Roxa Gregoria Madrid Carmelita, and her two children 5 Further Gauchos (names unknown) Charles Bratin (temporary resident) William Drake (temporary resident)
# Translation of an excerpt from the "Hilya-i Sharifa"

Excerpt from "Hilya-i Sharifa" (Hilye-i Şerif) of Mehmet Hakani (d. 1606).
Source: A History of Ottoman poetry, Volume 3. By Elias John Wilkinson Gibb (1857–1901). Luzac, 1904 (Google Books).
Translation of the section on the detail 'bright of blee':
    All of the folk hereon agree,
    That the Pride of the World was bright of blee,
    Full sheen was the radiance of his face,
    His cheeks were lustrous with lustre's grace.
    One of heart with the rose was his face's hue;
    Like the rose, unto ruddiness it drew.
    Yeled his face in the light of delight,
    'Twas the Chapter of Light of the dawn of light.
    The scripture of beauty was that fair face;
    The down on his cheek was the verse of grace.
    Shamed by his visage bright as day,
    Life's Fountain hid in the dark away.
    Well may the comrades of joyance call:
    'The sheen of his visage conquers all!'
    Yon radiant face shone in the sky,
    The light of the harem-feast on high.
    The Portrait-painter of Nature gave
    Thereto all beauty that man may have.
    When the sweat upon that Sultan stood
    He was forsoth like the rose bedewed.

## Notes

    1 The Pride of the World is a title of Muhammad
    2 Sura XXIV of the Koran is called the Chapter of Light
    2 Another allusion to the myth of the Fountain of Life in the Dark Land, which has been interwoven with the Alexander Legend.
    4 The blushing cheek studded with perspiration is sometimes compared to a dew-sprent rose.
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# Translation of witness testimony from the Administration Board of the Royal Family Council

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Transcribed from page 100 of http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_1625-1730.pdf on March 9th, 2008.
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Translation of witness testimony from the Administration Board of the Royal Family Council
The Administration Board of the Royal Family Council witness that:
Al Shaike Suleiman Bin Ebrahim Bin Mohamad Bin Ali Bin Khalefah Al Kalifa and who were an individual of the gracious Royal family that he had a good reputation and manners.
The Administration has no lawful remarks nor criminal record for the name stated above.
With Best Regards.
Signed
Hamoudeen Ben Khalefa Ben Mohammad Al Khalifa
# Translations

* Translations in May-day and other pieces (1867)
* Translations in Poems (Household Edition, 1904)
# Transition (Coates)

"Awake my soul!"
* Coates, Florence Earle (1902), "Transition" in Harper's Monthly Magazine (February 1902).
* Coates, Florence Earle (1904), "Transition" in Mine and Thine (1904).
* Coates, Florence Earle (1916), "Transition" in Poems I.

## References

* ↑ View this version at Google Books.
# Translation from Anacreon

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* "Translation from Anacreon", Ode 1 by George Gordon Byron. (I wish to tune my quivering lyre)
* "Translation from Anacreon", Ode 5 by George Gordon Byron. (Mingle with the genial bowl)

## See also

* From Anacreon
# Translation from Catullus

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By Bryon, George Gordon:
* Translation from Catullus. Ad Lesbiam
* Translation from Catullus. Lugete Veneres Cupidinesque
# Translation of Detainee's Verbal Statement regarding Torture made by Abd Al Aziz Sayer Al Shammeri, ISN 217, on 28 Apr 05

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Transcribed from page 111 of http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_2_585-768.pdf on March 13th, 2008.
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During the follow-up interview, the detainee was explaing to the AMO why he was not as proactive and detailed in his responses to the allegations in the ARB process, as he was in the CSRT process. The detainee started explaining his faith in God's will. He stated that God protected him from torture, fear, chaos and uncertainty and so far God has been with him, so therefore he will leave his fate in God's hands.
The detainee had previously stated that he did not wish to answer any more questions about the allegations, and the topic he was talking about was unrelated to the unclassified summary. When the detainee saw that the AMO was taking notes periodically while he was talking, he stopped and asked what the AMO was writing down and why he was doing so. When the AMO read back the line that he had written down, "God protected me from torture", the detainee said, "Don't misunderstand me. That does not mean there was no torture. We went through some very rough things and a lot of things were done to us."
He asked the AMO twice to immediately scratch out that line. When the AMO suggested that he should read that statement on the detainee's behalf and that the detainee could elaborate and explain it, the detainee declined, saying that he preferred for the AMO to scratch out that sentence.
# Translation from a Sonnet of Ronsard

* "From Ronsard", in The Poetical Works of John Keats (1884)
* "Translation from a Sonnet of Ronsard", in The complete poetical works and letters of John Keats (1899), edited by Horace Elisha Scudder
# Translation of an Arabic poem

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Translated from Arabic to German by Friedrich Wilken and published in Geschichte der Kreuzzüge nach morgenländischen und abendländischen Berichten (1817). Translated into English by an anonymous translator in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine vol. 5, issue 25 (15 April 1819), p. 15. Source.
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TRANSLATION OF AN ARABIC POEM.
In the Appendix to the second volume of the “History of the Crusades,” of Professor Wilken of Heidelberg, is given a literal translation of an Arabic poem, written in reproach of the indifference with which the Moslems prosecuted those wars.
Of the poet, Modaffar of Abiward (a town of Khorassan), nothing farther is known, than his song of upbraiding on the slackness of the Mussulmen in the contest for Islam against the Crusades, specimens of which are given in different historical works of the Arabians. Abulfeda, in his Annals, adduced, as a specimen, some distichs, to which Reiske, from a MS. of Ebn-Shohnah, has sdod three more (9, 11, 12). In the History of Jerusalem and Hebron, of which Professor Wilken had access to two MSS. in the Imperial Library at Paris, varying but little from one another in regard to this poem, and that chiefly in errors of the copyist, nor differing much from the text as given by Abulfeda, a few additional distichs are cited. Abulfeda has given only the better and more intelligible distichs (1, 2, 4–7, 16, 17), which does credit to his judgment.
It would appear, from the reference made to the poem in the body of the work, that it was written soon after the taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, which assigns its date about the year A. D. 1100.
* ↑ An appellation of Medina.
* ↑ Namely, the persons of their families.
Footnotes
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