| | 185 | Author: | Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The Yates Pride  | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | OPPOSITE Miss Eudora Yates's old colonial mansion was the perky
modern Queen Anne residence of Mrs. Joseph Glynn. Mrs. Glynn had a
daughter, Ethel, and an un-married sister, Miss Julia Esterbrook. All
three were fond of talking, and had many callers who liked to hear the
feebly effervescent news of Well-wood. This afternoon three ladies
were there: Miss Abby Simson, Mrs. John Bates, and Mrs. Edward Lee.
They sat in the Glynn sitting-room, which shrilled with treble voices as
if a flock of sparrows had settled therein. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 186 | Author: | Locke, William John | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The Fortunate Youth | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | PAUL KEGWORTHY lived with his mother, Mrs. Button, his stepfather, Mr. Button,
and six little Buttons, his half brothers and sisters. His was not an ideal
home; it consisted in a bedroom, a kitchen and a scullery in a grimy little
house in a grimy street made up of rows of exactly similar grimy little houses,
and forming one of a hundred similar streets in a northern manufacturing town.
Mr. and Mrs. Button worked in a factory and took in as lodgers grimy single men
who also worked in factories. They were not a model couple; they were rather, in
fact, the scandal of Budge Street, which did not itself enjoy, in Bludston, a
reputation for holiness. Neither was good to look upon. Mr. Button, who was
Lancashire bred and born, divided the yearnings of his spirit between strong
drink and dog-fights. Mrs. Button, a viperous Londoner, yearned for noise. When
Mr. Button came home drunk he punched his wife about the head and kicked her
about the body, while they both exhausted the vocabulary of vituperation of
North and South, to the horror and edification of the neighbourhood. When Mr.
Button was sober Mrs. Button chastised little Paul. She would have done so when
Mr. Button was drunk, but she had not the time. The periods, therefore, of his
mother's martyrdom were those of Paul's enfranchisement. If he saw his
stepfather come down the street with
steady gait, he fled in terror; if he saw him reeling homeward he lingered about
with light and joyous heart. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 189 | Author: | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Roughing It | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | MY brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada
Territory—an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself
the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of
State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of
eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary,"
gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I
was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother. I coveted his
distinction and his financial splendor, but particularly and
especially the long, strange journey he was going to make, and the
curious new world he was going to explore. He was going to
travel! I never had been away from home, and that word "travel"
had a seductive charm for me. Pretty soon he would be hundreds
and hundreds of miles away on the great plains and deserts, and
among the mountains of the Far West, and would see buffaloes and
Indians, and prairie dogs, and antelopes, and have all kinds of
adventures, and may be get hanged or scalped, and have ever such
a fine time, and write home and tell us all about it, and be a hero.
And he would see the gold mines and the silver mines, and maybe
go about of an afternoon when his work was done, and pick up two
or three pailfuls of shining slugs, and nuggets of gold and silver on
the hillside. And by and by he would become very rich, and return
home by sea, and be able to talk as calmly about San Francisco and
the ocean, and "the isthmus" as if it was nothing of any
consequence to have seen those marvels face to face. What I
suffered in contemplating his happiness, pen cannot describe. And
so, when he offered me, in cold blood, the sublime position of
private secretary under him, it appeared to me that
the heavens and the earth passed away, and the firmament was
rolled together as a scroll! I had nothing more to desire. My
contentment was complete.
At the end of an hour or two I was ready for the journey. Not
much packing up was necessary, because we were going in the
overland stage from the Missouri frontier to Nevada, and
passengers were only allowed a small quantity of baggage apiece.
There was no Pacific railroad in those fine times of ten or twelve
years ago—not a single rail of it. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 191 | Author: | Zerbe, J. S. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Aeroplanes | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | THE "SCIENCE" OF AVIATION.—It may be
doubted whether there is such a thing as a "science
of aviation." Since Langley, on May 6,
1896, flew a motor-propelled tandem monoplane
for a minute and an half, without a pilot, and the
Wright Brothers in 1903 succeeded in flying a
bi-plane with a pilot aboard, the universal opinion
has been, that flying machines, to be successful,
must follow the structural form of birds, and
that shape has everything to do with flying. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 192 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to David S. Haselden 1834
February 7 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I embrace this opportunity to inform you that I am well at this time
hoping that these few lines may find you enjoying the
Same
blessing after
fifty sixt days on the ocean we all landed
Safe in
monrovia
I was very Sick on board of the vessle
but I thank god that he has taken Cear of me untill the present time I
hav Seen Agreate manys things Since I left home that
I never would of Seen in
Buchannon
it
urengs to mind the words of Solomon that the eye is not satisfide with Seeing nor the eare with
hearing I must say that I am as well pleasd as I expeced to
be in
Liberia
we hav most all had the fever and hav lost four of our number one woman about Seventy five two
Children under twelve allSo the
Rev
Mr Rigt
[1] one of our misenarys lost his wife and we may Say She is aloss to
africa
but we hav evry reson to belive that she
is at rest the balance is all on the mend this is my twenty fourth day Since I first was
takin and I thank god that I hav not kept my bed one hole day at atime the people do die through imprudence we
hav the best
docter that ever was in this place I can not tell you much about
africa
I hav not been from
Monrovia Since I landed I
must Say that the people are doing better than I expected them
two agreat many of them got rich Since they
came to
Liberia
their is Some that are doing bad like in all other
places I think from what I hav Seen and heard that any body Can liv in this place if they will be industrous
the natives are numerous in this place and they do
the most of the work for the people in this place
they will Steal every Chance They they hav they are most all Croomen[2]
in respect to my Self I think
that I Could make an independent living if I was to put
my Self about it but as my intention was to Spend
and be Spent for god I feal like standing to my
post I hav not been employd by the
methodist yet the Presbytterians offer to take me in to their famely and Support me and give me the best education that they
Can their is four in famely two white men one white woman and one Coloured man
they hav treated me with greate kindness and
all So the methodist the methodist
preachers are plenty in this place and their is
not as larg A field in
monrovia
as would I wish to find and be
spent for god our methodist bishup told me that as soon as he got over the fever he
would find me A Station I Can not tell you
at this time what parte of
africa
I will be placd
in I will write when I can tell you more A bout
it you must excuse bad writing and
all So bad Spelling I must
come to A close | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 193 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1834 March
18 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I embrace the opper tunity to let you no that I send this paper to
Adam Carper
I am on my road to
Calwell
and met the oppertunity to send one
paper home please to send it to him
youy
you must excuse me for not writing more and better my company is wating to go to
Calwell
I
hav not been there yet
but am on my road at this time.
tell
Adam to read the news of Africa and let his friends read the same and all so his neighbours I did not
no when I wrote to
Daniel that I could get A paper to send home my Company is waiting on me and I must Stop
the writing is bad the Spelling is bad and the lines
Crocked. The
indorcment on the paper is put on by one of
our store keepers pardon me for not senen sending you A paper | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 194 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1834 April 1 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I embrace this oppertunity to inform you
that I am well hoping that these few lines may find you all in good helth I wrote to you by the same ship that I came
in and I now hav the oppertunity of writing to you by a vessel that
brough out emegrants
from
baltimore
to
Cape Palmus
About five hundred miles from
monrovia
their is anumber
gon from this place to
Cape Palmus
as I wrote before I can not tell you
much About the Country as their has been so many
people died in this place I though I would not
expose my Self in travling So I hav not been from the
Cape
we have vessels coming in harber
All most every
weak from
urope
no man could tell what trade is going on in Africa unless he could See it I
hav seen so many Strang
things Since I left home that evry thing
be comes
old when I first Saw the nativs
all naked I though that I never could get ust to it but
it is an old saing use is second nature I do not mind to See them now
if I could talk with you face to face and tell you
about the nativs you would not belive
me to See their cloth that they make and other
Articue els that they make you would be
Supprised To be Short, their natturel
talants are grate
in deed Some of them can read and write.
I am sory to
tell you that we hav lost the Rev
Mr. Wright
after he lost his wife he had got on so fare that he came to Church and he took re laps and on the 21 of march he fell Asleep in
Jesus
arms ware
Sickneys and Sorrow pain
and Death are felt and feard no more
Mr. Spaulding is very low at this time and all
so the Single Lady, but She Says Se would
Sooner Die than to go back and discurage the
mishen it seem
all most
imposable for white men to liv here but still their is A greate many on the cost at
the
British Colenny
their is a greate many
white people in short they are coming and going out and in Monrovia most evry day
we hav lost but five out of our number yet but
God only noes how Soon Some
more of us will
hav to go but thank God it is
as nigh to havin in
africa
as it is in
America
the time is not
fare distant when
Gabril
will sound the
Trump and gether us all
together O that I may be so hapy to meet you and
all your
famely on the Right hand of God and all So all my neighbours
ware we can enjoy the company of each other for
ever and we will be clear of truble for ever
and we will see our God face to face and live for
ever.
O Henry when
I look back and reflect on the many
ours I spent with you and your famely I am led to wish that I could see you all but we are
severl thousand miles Apart at this time
the Captain of our ship says it is five thousand and six hu ndred miles from Norfolk to
Liberia
he can measure A mile on sea as correct as you can on
land I want you to write to me as often as you
can vessels are coming from the United States
evry
month let me no all about
the people how many
hav died and who they are and how many hav
mared and who they are and who was elected to
the next Legislature. Write evry thing [HOLE IN
MS] [HOLE] fit to write and I will do the same. [HOLE]
Give my love to your
wife and mothernlaw tell them to pray for
me I often think of you all
giv my love to Simon and
Harison
and to
Bety
tell them that I want them to have good education and good Religion
Against I come to
America
Giv my love to your Father and
Step mother tell them I often think of them
Tell them to pray for me Giv my love to the
Boys and tell them if they ever want to see any
thing to leave
Buchannon
giv my love to all the Children to Philip Reger with all his family and to Mr Haselden and Goff
and all inquireing
friends Tell Lydia that their was A vessel from
Jermany
landed here About ten days Ago and I never saw better looking men
in my life than some of them ware if She wants
a Jerman and
will write to me I will try to send
hur one for I think they will suit hur Tell
hur Above all things to get religion so that she may
Save hur
sole May the Lord bless you all and save you is my
pray for Christ's
Sak | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 195 | Author: | Ceasar, Samson | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Samson Ceasar to Henry F. Westfall 1835 March 5 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I Embrace the opper tunity to inform you that
I am well hoping that these few lines will find you all
well I hav written to you
not long Since I will not write but a short
letter I want to in
form you that I hav received but two letters
from you since I landed I hav written as many as a dozen to you you
hav no excuse for not writing
vessels are coming from the
united states
everry month
the most of the vessels are from New York
with out it is and Emigrant vessel
they are mostly from
Norfolk
three of our Preachers are expected to
l Sail from Liberia to
new york
to morrow in order to bring their
familys to Liberia to
remain for life one is a white man
Super intender of the Methodis
Epistal Episcopal Church Several more of the people in this place are going I can not tell when I will start to come to
America I am employed to teach
school I do not know when I can come but if God
Spares me I hope to See you all in this world
if not I hope to see you in a
better world than this
I hav been to
one Camp meeting in
Liberia
I must say I never was at a Camp meeting in my life that
people acted better
it has been very sickly here for a
bout three month many
hav gone to eternity in that time I thank God that I am still living
Giv my lov to Mother Eade
an to David and his wife
tell them that I am well and doing well I am still striving to serv the
Lord in my weak manner and to Preach the Gospel
also
giv my best lov to all the
family tell them I often think about
them and would like to see them all but the proud ocean rolls between
us tho the ocean bet between us roll friendship shall unite our
souls giv my lov to your
wife and
and Children and to Miss Lydia
Simmons to all your friends and to all
the neighbours I will send your father one of our
herbals I hav not time to
write much now please to excuse me
as for you my best lov is alway with you I want you to write as often as possible and I will do the
same | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 196 | Author: | Michie, Mary | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Mary Michie to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 February
4 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | It affords me great pleasure to have this opportunity to address a letter to
you. In the midst of danger & death, while we could discern
nothing above, & around us but the blue canopy of heaven, &
under ous the deep, deep blue sea,
we we were Providentially cared for, and bless to reach this our destined port, Monrovia. I am much pleased with this place inded,
Monrovia is nearly as large as
Charlotsville
and has some fine houses in it. The people here are very
genteel. I thought to find things different, and that we would have to
enlighten tha people, but I find that we need
teaching ourselves. There was not a death during the passage out, and
up to this date all our folks are well, and very well satisfied indeed. For
myself, I would not go back to America no how. I leave
to day for to go up the St Pauls
river and see how it looks up there: and when I have got a
better knowledge of the Country, I want to write you all about: so as you
may be informed and others through you how & what the country
is. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 197 | Author: | Douglass, William | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor 1857
February 5 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | In haste I drop you these few lines to inform you of my health, and family,
we are all well and enjoying the blessings of kind heaven. We left
Norfolk on the 8th, of
Decr.
and we were 45 days on our tedious passage from Hamilton roads to
Roberts port
Grand Cape Mount, were we
stop to land some of our immigrants who were destined to the place,
and during the voyage, there was none sick of any disease only sea sickness
which of course we were not accustom to in no way, before our arrival
at the above named; all well and fater than they
was before in thier life, and all arrived at Monrovia in the beautiful Receptacle[1] which was brought out by the Rev. John Seys some months hence
in good spirits and sound; except myself, wife
Susan
, and Mary Douglass my daughter,
Thos. Scott
, David Scott,
Chas. Twin
,
Phil Twin
,
Geo. Walker
, Hugh Walker, Jr.,
Winzer Walker
,
Wilson Coleman
, Washington Coleman
Martin Coleman, Allen
Coleman, Young Barrett
Maria Barrett, Isabella
Johnson,
Chas. Barrett
,
Dick Barrett
,
John Mickey
, and
Washington Mickey
, all these I have mentioned[2] leave the ship
Mary Caroline Stevens, on the 28th day of January for this place,
which is about 46 miles which is only few hours travel, 15, of us arms our
mus kets and march in the roads from White Plains near
Millsberg to our destined home here we arrived safe
and sound; and we are all here provided
for by the Rev. John
Seys our excellent Agent who came out here for that purpose; and we
think could find no better man for
that experiment, no how in the world, who is acquainted with the natives fashion and cus
toms, and have already prepare us a loving and fine peo- ple; and everything is suitable to our taste in every respects and condition. We have meetings in the week on the
Sabbath and also Sabbath school; and in the week day school is for us,
which is taught by Mr. John A. Claode a native
of this country who have been reared up by the good missionary Society some
years back
who ever thought we would find such a one as this young
man is in the midst of civilized people O may God give him grace to teach those
who has arrived here late; this school is taught in our receptable as there was no school house has
been built for that purpose, but I hope by the assistance of God we shall
put up one for school and also will answer for worshipping. I cannot say
any thing now about the people until I hear
from them again but when I left them they were all well and good
in spirits; as for the country I am
very much
disap pointed
to see what beautiful country it is. I dont
think there could be any better country found for our colored race
any part of the globe, and when we come to behold the natural fruits
hanging on our beautiful shady trees, its makes my
heart to re- joiced within me; and I almost exclaim O God thou has
hidden many things from the eyes of
man, on this
this side of the shores and, now we
are able we are to see
it for ourselves which we have heard of for many years past and gone, but
you may assumed that we are long
way behind the people of this
country for thier
in genuity
they can make an excellent country cloths which of course I did not expect to see such
in the land. I have seen an excellent African cotton which is of the best
quality it can be raise
by any one if they only prepare a place for it. We find everything good
for eatable and also that to make man happy in this world, but most
every thing is dear for to buy. My dear Doctor
Minor as you fail in given us the list of
our tools it was difficult to get it
of from the ship, but we have done the best we could and have divided them according to our ability, for you assured we
found very a ble for our wants, and we are
very thankful to you that you did procure these things for our means,
that we are now have the pleasure
to say to you what we stand in need off, and we will
say that by the Mary Caroline Stevens, when she
returns in
March we all will remember you all in our pray ers to God, especially your family in preference
fromand all the rest, they all remember their love to
every body, and all are well and have not had any
sick ness since our arrival in this mount,
and if all meet up with good luck we will unite to all in that neigh borhood. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 198 | Author: | Barrett, Young; Barrett, Maria; and Johnson, Isabella | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Liberian letters: Young Barrett, Maria Barrett, and Isabella
Johnson to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 March 3 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | I have taken this first opportunity after my arrival in this country, of writing to you I hope that you and family are well, myself &
family are quite well, and have been since I been in this country, yet at
this time I am not quite well to day. Myself and
Maria
,
Isabella
Charles
and
Richard
, have all come to the new
Interior Settlement, about 50 or 60 miles from
the sea coast.
Wm Douglass
and his family, Charles Twine and his
Brother
Philip
,
George
,
Winslow
and
Hugh Walker
3 Brothers,
Washington, Coleman,
Allen
,
Wilson,
and
Martin
4 Brothers,
John
and
Washington Mickey
2 Brothers, and
Thomas
and David Scott, 2 Brothers1 compose the company that came to the new
Interior Settlement with us, We have all been
quite well, no fever nor any other kind of sickness
the place is finely located on top of a very high
mountain, we like this place much better than we seen elsewhere, and
although things are not like they were at home, yet we are thus far
quite satisfied. The rest of our people all settled at
Monrovia, and Clay Ashland
up the river about 15 miles from the sea coast, And I am very sorry to
inform you that the mortality has;
been very great by the fever, we have
lost by Death the following persons, my father, sister
Francis2, Uncle Buck Thomson, Billy Douglass,
James Scott,
Lucy Twines
baby, Frank Coleman;
Maria Coleman;
Lucy Twines
Father; Patrick
Mickey;3
4
Robert Scott is laying very low, indeed all the
people down at Clay Ashland are quite sick, Thus
far we all have enjoyed good health as when at home. I will now tell you of
my wife
Maria,
and the children, they did not get any of the clothes that was
intended for them
the box was robbed or something else; as there was
no bill of Lading for them, we have never seen
any them. I would like you send me 1 Barrell
of Pork 1 Bll of Fish and 1 of flour, and also 2
pair of Black Gaiters No 6 and No 7 also some leather shoes for us all, I would
be very glad to receive these by the Mary Caroline
Stevens, when she comes in the Spring, so as we may get them by
the then our 6 months is up on the Society, I would like to get some
Calico, some Bleached and some Unbleached Cotton, and 2 cotton Bed spreads —. some Blue and White
womens stockings; and 1 White Swiss muslin
dress pattern for
Isabella
; I wish this to be fine, and a peice of
Satin Ribbon, and please to send
Maria
some Black dresses suitable for mourning | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 199 | Author: | Gurley, Ralph Randolph | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Ralph Randolph Gurley to Dr. James H. Minor
1857 November 4 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | Thanks for your fafavor of the
30th
ult
enclosing a printed letter from William
Douglass. From the health experienced at Careysburg, we derive animating hopes of the salubrity of
the highland Districts of Liberia. I shall
publish in the January Repository Douglass'
letter, with your introductory Remarks. Mr
Mc'Lain informed me that he sent nothing to your people by the
Stevens,
because, without loss he could not buy with Virginia money, & that on the whole, he thought as
well, to postpone sending
until another opportunity. He will
be most happy however to attend to any of your explicit instructions.
He desires me to inquire, when and to what extent, you will feel
authorized to pay sundry orders from the
Terrill
people forwarded by Mr
Seys
? Contributions, at present, are scarcity, & far
between, though we have reason to thank God for notice of one or two Generous bequests. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 200 | Author: | Scott, Tibby | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Liberian Letters: Tibby Scott to Dr. James H. Minor 1858 January
8 | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Liberianletters | | | | Description: | i drop you thes few lines
i hope you and all of your family are enjoying the
blesing of helth
and my love to them all
i am quit well and soe is my fam ily
at prezen
and thay send thear love to all
i like the country Right wel and
i find it Better than i
exspected and the wether is
quit plesant and
comforttable and we need our warm clothing
here as well as we did in the
states
my helth has bin quite Bad and i have Bin quit sick ofton and
on But thank god my helth
is Better we have great meny and diffrent kinds of
vetgable
grooes here Eudoos and
Cassavdoes
swet
pototoe and
plantin banneanna
and some times rice and corn these
ar our breadstuf and
we have beans and peas cabbag grens
rowpar
ocra
we can rais
cowever and sevrel
kindes of veg talle
Frouits of all kinds grooes
here too fine apples
gaugeous cheeres and oranges
lemmon meat is hard to get her
i did not get eny grocers
ataul but 2 Barrel of
flooer if you Pleas to send me too Barels of pork
one barrel of
fish one barrel of of suggar and box of soap and a keg of Butter and too Barrel of flooer and i than
k you if you [illeg.]
pleas to me some calicoes and gengeams and some [illeg.]
stuf to mak my Boys some
clothes as
aid not have eny come out and
shoes
Milvey ask youe if youe
pleas to send her a white
foorved muslin drees and
pleas to
send a Bonneet and
mantilar and some whit shirting and
some bed tick and a
coun ter pin and my love to all
esspeashly
aunt Rachel
if you pleas to send me
some gardon seds my love to
Willam
and Joe and we all Desire to hear
from and wish for them to wright to me and
Mr Marress
family
thomes and
Brobert send thear love to [illeg.]
Willam
and for Milvy and Mary also hows all the Neigbors | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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