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Qlary to Ood in the Mplicst, and on earth
peace, good will toward men.
THE SECOND CIIKISTMAS
Tho nlntecnth wave of tho aces rolls
Now dcathwnrd slnca thy death nnd birth.
Hast thou fed full men's stnrved-out eouls?
Hast thou brought freedom upon earth?
Or aro there loss oppressions dono
In this -wild world under tho sun?
Swinburne.
IT WILL, bo a great temptation to thinking
and feeling men and women at this
Christmas tlmo to turn their eyes away
from tho tragic miseries and misfortunes of
tho "world at war. It will bo easy to rejolco
In our security, threatened, but not shaken,
and to soothe our souls with fervent hopo
that peac'o may soon come. A demoniac hand
lias sundered tho world, and we, pitying on
lookers at an agony wo aro Impotent to
abate, havo been asked whether It would not
bo n sacrifice and a mockery to celebrate
Christmas In blood and hatred. We have
been reluctant to answer.
But tho question must bo answered. Wo
must fix our eyes steadfastly on horror and
seek to understand It, but wo must not bo
overwhelmed. We speak of this as "the sec
ond Christmas," as If In tho long toll of
tho years theso two alone must bo tho stan
dards by which Christianity and civilization
will bo Judged. Wo forget that tho fifty
years in which nations, ostensibly at peace,
preaching and practicing Christianity, havo
been lusting for war were more tcrrlblo than
this crisis in which tho world cries out for
peace. It Is true that the nineteenth wave of
tha centuries has beaten upon tho shore of
eternity since tho Birth, which makes this
time holy, and peace Is not yet. But It Is
not true that the love of peace Is dead,
nor tho love of Justice, which Is the peace
of the soul.
It has not been enjoined upon man that
ho shall bo afraid to die, nor prefer a shame
ful peace to a glorious war. We talk of peace
as If It could bo obtained at a price, while
foul Injustice and oppression wero unrebuked.
But peace must be won by war, and the
patient travail of mankind through the cen
turies must bo marked by black destruction.
Aj nations emerge from war, weakened and
Inflrm, but resolute of purpose and with
quick consciousness of their ideals, so man
kind passes through war as through a ter
rible purgation and tho Christ toward whom
It goes Is more white In the dreadful dawn.
He was not the prophet of slovenly con
tentment, but of an everlasting struggle for
peace, and the sword with which Ho came
must not be sheathed until His Kingdom Is
established.
Can wo reconcile this trust with the bare
brutality which fills each hour and each day
of the present war? Does the sapper fight
for Christ or the murderer of the Innocent
further the- cause of Christianity? Does civil
ization progress when lands are laid waste
und eternnl hato Inflames the outcast and
the exiled? It Is easy to answer "No" while
the pressing fact weighs upon our hearts.
But the truth of our faith, clear-eyed and un
faltering and strong, must be that even
through these things, Christ prevails.
FRUITS OF FOLLY
TWO months ago the Administration rec
ognized a Government In Mexico and re
established tho embargo on arms and muni
tions of war. Today there Is no organized
revolution In Mexico. There is no formid
able opposition to the established power.
To what depths has superhumanltarian
Ism brought that unhappy country! Within
two and one-half years It has been dragged
to the verge of ruin. Thousands of young
and old men have been murdered and butch
ered, thousands of women have been out
raged, millions In property have been de
stroyed, industry has been wiped out, good
citizens have been exiled or of their own
accord have left the country, and where
there was once peace and happiness there
hod been disorder, pillage and chaos. All
of this could have been avoided had not
Washington fallen in love with an ideal and
ttempted to wish it Into a reality. In try
.ig to be humane the Administration plunged
humanity into the abyss. So much for ex
perimental government and puerile states
manship. The net result la the substitution of one
set of brigands' for a former set of mur
derers. Mexico itself has gained nothing.
Th ''outs" have become the "ins," but other
wise Weeding Mexico Is no better off. The
United States Is the beneficiary to this extent
If obtains Villa as a resident.
OSCULATORY PROPHYLAXIS
THOSE; who are interested in that form of
entertainment known as statistics should
watch, with careful and eager eye, the matrl
tnotl records established in Camden within
the next few weeks. They will be of touching
interest and will contribute much to the
knowledge of the human heart.
te Board of Health of that thriving city
)iaa decreed' and published broadcast its order
thj, he whp runs for a ferry may read, that
there shall be no more kiting until the grip
departs from the city, it has been held, on
insufficient evidence, that kissing and matri
mony po somehow together Observers,
liticrU but not profound, have pointed out
that wbe$ prioa kfcw, publicly urn
grantly and shamelessly, thoy ore often en
gaged, and engagements lead to marriage
with a tolerablo degree of frequency. On
tho other hand, it Is adduced that tho kiss,
a more symbol of affection, signifies noth
ing. Indeed to some of our foreign critics,
It Is bo dulled by repetition hero that what
ever meaning it may have hnd la now staled
by usago and withered by time.
So Camden must bo watched. No ono
doubts that the order vrlll bo obeyed. If
marriage continues brisk In tho market, It
will become known that tho long series of
attacks on kissing havo nt last reached their
desired end.
WHERE THE BABE HAS LED US
A Lti tho civilized world was embraced in
. tho Iloman Emplro when tho angels sang
"Peace on earth, good will toward men."
Tho Mediterranean was Its centre, and the
lands surrounding that Inland sea wcro gov
erned from Home, Iloman power had also
been extended to tho north until It covered
what Is modern Franco and England. But
England and Franco wero not civilized. Ro
man culturo wob confined to tho Mediterra
nean districts, Including Grceco and part of
Spain, as woll as Italy. Syria, although under
tho rulo of Rome, waa Jowlsh and rcstlvo
mi dor the yoko of tho conqueror.
Thero had been a prlmltlvo democracy bo
foro Augustus gathered Into his own hands
all tho powers of tho Government, but It was
so different from what wo call democracy
that 1U restoration would not bo tolerated.
Tho father was tho bend of tho family, with
tho power of llfo and death over Its members.
When a child was born ho decided whother
It Bhould live. If It wcro dofoctlvo thero waa
no question of Its fate. And If It wcro a
girl and tho father wanted sons, tho Infant
was allowed to dlo of exposure. Theso so
cial practices wcro much modified as the
years went by, and at tho beginning of tho
Christian Era thoy hnd been virtually
abandoned, but new customs aroso that de
stroyed tho family and left society rotten.
Women held about as high a place as In mod
ern China. Forco was glorified and spir
itual virtues wcro unknown. Tho Roman cit
izen oxtstcd for tho State. Ho had no rights
which his rulers felt bound to respect; and
democracy as practiced today was unthought
of.
Tho centra of tho world's present civiliza
tion Is In what was tho barbarous Europo
of Augustus, and In America, which was not
dreamed of by tho geographers of tho first
century. There wore wars then, but no ono
thought of going to tho relief of tho devas
tated country. No fund for feeding starving
Belgians was raised In Rome. No hospitals
for treating tho wounded in Gaul wero fitted
out of subscriptions from tho generous In
Jerusalem. War meant unmitigated devasta
tion and death to tho conquered. Eighteen
centuries of Christianity havo changed tho
world to such an extent that when wo go to
tho relief of suffering we say that wo aro
responding to tho dictates of humanity. But
non-Chrlstlnn humanity was conscious of no
auch impelling force.
Founded on the Christian teaching about
the value, of a human soul thero has risen
a great superstructure devoted to saving
llfo. Growing out of the oriental Hebrew
teachings In which woman was of little ac
count, thero has sprung tho belief In tho
equality of women. And tho spiritual democ
racy, In which all human beings aro equal
before God, has produced tho political de
mocracy which will ultimately reduce all
kings to tho rank of commoners and raise
all commoners to tho position of sovereigns.
Europe, laid wasto by war, Is a very dif
ferent place from any part of the world at
war In tho first century. Life Is a moro
precious thing than It was then. Women
hold a higher place because of the Babe
born of a woman, and democracy Is a reality
where It was once only a word. There was
never less reason for pessimistic doubtlngs
of the Influence of Christianity than In this
year of grace and conflict Just drawing to a
close,
PARADOXES OF BENEVOLENCE
SYMPATHY for suffering grows by what
it feeds on. It does not seem to be pos
sible to exhaust It. Tho appeal of Belgium
and Serbia has mado our cars more sensitive
to hear the cry of need from Poland. Tho
President's proclamation calling on all kindly
disposed persons to contribute to the relief of
the Poles will doubtless provoke a generous
response.
Nothing Is truer than the spiritual paradox
that he that saveth his life will lose It and
he that loseth his life will save It. The selfish
thrift that Ignores need too often defeats
itself. Human sympathy cultivated and
expanded by use broadens the outlook
on life, and stretches all the faculties
until a man becomes able to win In his busi
ness much more than enough to reimburse
him for what he gives In charity. So even
from the point of view of enlightened self
interest, It pays to be benevolent.
But the paradox asserts Itself again In de
nying to the man who Is charitable only be
cause It pays all the recompenses that accrue
to him who goes to the relief of suffering
-without regard to the consequences.
WE ALL KNEW TniS BEFORE
IT WAS unnecessary for the newspaperman
who has been talking with Colonel Roose
velt to report that It a stand-pat reactionary
machine Republican Is nominated by the Chi
cago Convention the men who bolted In 1912
will lead a revolt in 1916. This has long been
so certain that no one, unless it be those
who can never learn anything, has been In
doubt of it.
Tho mention of Knox, Hughes and Hadley
as men of the type that will satisfy those
who bellevo that the work of the Republican
party is not yet finished ought to be helpful.
And the very names Indicate that there Is no
disposition to be proscriptlve by excluding
men who remained loyal to the party ticket
in 1912.
Teutons are aiming at Egypt, it is said.
Those new Skoda guns must be wonders.
Great naval victory! Some German ships
went a little way out to sea and got back
without being seen.
The Montenegrins, it Is charged,
treacherous. In this case that does
mean they will bo given Iron crosses.
are
not
At 11:65:30 on December 10 they finished
the one millionth. The oneth la said to be
still running. Detroit is a wonderful place.
Conversions In Syracuse cost about $2.60 a
sinner, according to the statistics furnished
by the recent Sunday campaign. At such a
rate there would be no sinners left in the
world could the money being spent for war
be diverted to the uses of Mr. Sunday. Mr.
ford la overlooking a bet.
Tom Daly's Column
Wirt nvinrrgj.
Tj3rd,ltajustd little bgy.
rE Dorn orMd 1lVc You,
And IVe ge a mother Atr
AnJeblrlMjy.lc
Hat wy Vlrthdjy comet In String,
When the dys art long,
ArwJ the room in the tree
Wl!tn tne ttflh Sena
Since the birds r jll iv
Lord, hm You are. fcorn.
Lel'4urn;elsffjkn mt
On Your btrtheby morn
KonJiVm just jlutle boy,
IliJJtn InOitrHahti
Let. Your noel spy mtaut
Lonab.rcT? ll'iUjKt,
I would fee. the C.rje t
And the. first to Mile,
tn this quite hcuse f ours
Sflhgs or love, and prjj.
Yousnlt hurme firt.1Jtrl,cinJ.
Olew njy Christtrwi Hernt
Let. Your irf els wkmne
On. Your bIrOid' morn.
Ncnr It
Two mlld-looklng men wero talking coming 'n
on tlio triiln thh morning.
"I think my wife Is going to glvo mo a sew
ing machlno for Christmas," said ono.
"A sewing mnchlno?" quorled tho other.
"Yes, ono of thoso with a flat top, I told her
I needed a writing table."
The
"For-It-Was-Indeed-He" Club
XVII R. B.
Take a slant nt the lid
On tho lap of this kid!
Ho was ono o' tho
"regular fellies"
In the. long, long ngo
Elghteen-Elglity or so
When our youth wore
thoso comical
Kclllcs.
But this lid that ho
wore
In thoso bravo days of
yoro,
Though we laugh at
It now and dcrklo
It.
Wasn't funny ono bit
When compared with
tho wit
That was stored In
tho coco Insldo It.
It. II.
The "hoy orator" grew
To a swell dinger, too:
this . world-renowned cut-up, Ralph
And
uinRiiam
For It was Indeed he
Used to say: "Ilully choo!
When I can't speak my pieces I Blng "em!"
And oesides, llalph Bingham has lecn
famous for as many years as ice care to
rememoer for his annual impersonation of
Kriss Krlnglc at .the Pen and Pencil Club's
Christmas celebration. That affair this year
f to be inoit elaborate and It tclll be one of
the big Joys prepared for the city's poor chil
dren. Another wilt be David Burpee's dis
tribution of candy to the youngsters of his
neighborhood, folloiclng the practice of his
father, the late W. Atlce Burpee.
Little Polly's Pome
.( OX BAXTY CLAUS.
I onec believed In Santy Claus
An'd'Ot 7(010 7 did love him
But no'io I simply can't because
There arc. two many of him.
And icJicn you go upon the street
There seems to be no stopping
The 7iumbcr of him you tclll meet
When you arc Christmas shopping
For only Friday morning when
I went downtown with Mother
I saw him on one corner then
Bight off upon another.
And ivorse than that another day
M'hcn It was stormy weather
Jnsl'dc a sheltered passageway
J saw him twice together. i
Perhaps It may be done for fun
Or just to be amusing
But for a trusting little one
It surely is confusing.
And once I thought if I would count
They might be maybe thirty.
Or very nearly that amouiit.
And most icere awful dirty '
And just as skinny as could be
And very dull and sleepy. ,
J?o Santy Claus like that for me,
Indeed he makes me creepy
And so when I beheld a child
That kneio not any better
Addressing one in accents mild
To tell htm what to get her
I ran and told her "iralt my dear
And do not speak to that ono
But in this store right over here
There is a clean and fat one."
Keep Santa Claus like that and then
I'm sure tee all could love Mm
But nobody can do it when
There are ttco many of him.
Hands All 'Round
"The groom," says the report of a wedding
In the Mllford (N. II.) Cabinet and Wilton
Journal, "was attired In black, while the bride
was fancifully gowned In light and carried a
bouquet of choice flowers. After tho ceremony
refreshments were served, followed by gener
ous slices of the huge wedding cake, cut by
the bride, and clgara from the hanoU of the
groom. Melodious tones of music from a
violin and piano responded through the house
at Intervals made by the hands of Charles
Diehard and Miss Christine Welsmer."
Not Greatly
Sir Does It Intercut you to learn that I counted
even rettaurants and lunchroom within eight of
the station at I'ly-mouth, Indiana? Ted.
Jill
gin,- mgijta
LJJsstCiS i"rt ifirlBHEa3MiWt i
Everyfamily's Christmas
I. II. III. IV.
On Give Packing Kids
Christmas Freely, Paper Don't
Each Bury Plied Sleep
Year Hate; High; Right.
Hearts Trim Plum Watch
Fill Trees, Pudd'n Most
With Sleep Mince All
Cheer, Late. Pie. Night.
Mom Greet Hair Xmas
Knits, Gifts Brushed, Then
Sl9 With Hands Comes
Sews; Smiles; Clean, 'Long.
Gifts Shop Early . Make
Come. Early, Bed Merry,
Cash Walk Xmas Shout
Goes. Miles. E'en, 'Song.
A.A.
Answering Both Questions: "Ledger
Domain" ,
Sir I've tried eeveral times to call upon you.
How do you manage to avoid moT and jut whero
U your otQco located? Busybody.
Tha Lowell (Mast.) Bun, reprinting frcm
this column the verses "To a Violinist," gave
us a rapturous- moment by making the first
Una tea4i AppUiutsl A rapturous bunt."
"AND HE SAITH UNTO THEM, WHY ARE YE FEARFUL,
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p Sfe lPk 11B
"THE O'MALLEY"
OF PHILADELPHIA
A Man of Many Distinctions in Lit
erature, Law and Medicine
and a Family Tree With
a Remarkable History
Clnnn Mhallll ot the easont treasure
A trlbo ot friendship nnd ot brotherhood.
VERSATILITY of talent and of genius Is
found In many a family, not so often In
an Individual member of the family. It
wouldn't bo qulto correct to sny that tho va
riety of Dr. Austin O'Mallcy's accomplish
ments Is nows to Phil
adelphia, though his
studious mnnncr of
llfo Is fnr from favor
ablo to publicity, but
ontlrely conservative
would bo tho state
ment that his fame,
becauso of tho work
on w h 1 c h It chiefly
rests. Is International
rather than local. The
subjects In which he
has specialized and In
which ho Is a recog
nized authority aro, In
Boveral Instances, sub
jects In which only a
few men In each coun
try of Christendom
nro acknowledged to
bo masters. By corre
Photo by Gutekunst,
Dlt. AUSTIN O' jrLIJlY
spondence and by tho publication of pamph
lets nnd books theso men exchange their Ideas,
sometimes In Latin, sometimes In Spanish,
or French, or German, or English, and Doc
tor O'Malley ho Is doctor of philosophy nnd
doctor of laws as well as doctor of mcdlclno
meets them all on their own ground, with
their own weapons, In their own tongue.
It's a remarkable family, too. Ono of Doc
tor O'Mallcy's brothers Is Frank Ward
O'Malley, whom a good Judge of newspaper
men has called "the best reporter In Amer
ica"; another is Captnln William Ambrose
O'Malley, on tho retired list of tho United
States Navy. Tho third member of tho fra
ternal quartet died not long ago: ho was Dr.
Joseph O'Malley, of St. Agnes' Hospital, a
famous diagnostician. Tho O'Mnlleys of old
followed tho sea. So did Captain William,
but the wanderlust of Doctor Austin hns
manifested Itself principally In foreign trav
els In search of Information on divers sub
jects. Tho O'Mallcys of old, moreover, wero
tho chieftain family of tho clan, none of
your Immigrants who come from other parts
of Ireland, settled on tho clan lands and re
ceived the name of tho clan. And that is
why the doctor on South Broad street Is
called "Tho O'Malley."
Victory Over the Normans
The genealogy of Doctor O'Malley Is the
history of the clan and goes back to "Circa
190 Crimthann Cullbulde, King of Alcill and
Umhall Conn of the Hundred Battles Liv
ingThe Fir Cralbe in Umhall." Thus tho
record salth. In ancient times the chieftain
family and Us clan held three baronies and
a group ot islands In the west of Ireland,
and the chiefs were ex-offlclo admirals of
the King of Connaught. Along In 812 the
Normans made their first descent upon the
coasts of Ireland, and who but the great
Irish sea fighters of that time and place, the
O'Malleys, drove them off! The news was
spread all over northern Europe, and a ship
was Inserted In the O'Malley coat-of-arms
In token of the victory. In tho days of Queen
Bess a famous sea-raider of the clan was
Gralnne Uailo, a woman who lived aboard
ship for forty years, and in 1591, in the
brief language of the annals, "chased some
Scots to tho Hebrides and chastised them."
If only there were sufficient space an Inter
esting story might be told about Irish gene
alogies, how and why they have been kept
so carefully from time otherwise imme
morial. Doctor O'Malley, I understand, Is an "abo
riginal Irishman," by which is meant, pre
sumably, that his ancestors came from the
Mediterranean Basin. He could enlighten
me on this point, as well as on any point
relating to Irish jilstory, for this subject Is
one ot his hobbles. Learned institutions. In
cluding the College of Heralds, at Dublin,
are all the time consulting him on such mat
ters. The Jrlsh Irish, if I may risk the ex
pression, are to be found today in the great
est racial purity, "not in Ireland, but Iq south
eastern Spain and the Sabine hills, Maurice
Hewlett has lately identified the Homeric
Greeks aa Celtic, but Doctor O'Malley an
ticipated him by many years. As the doctor
has told me, Greek civilization was Celtic,
llko the civilization ot muck, of Europe in
later times. An accomplished student of
comparative literature, Doctor O'Malley can
prove to you, by many facts and quotations,
cited offhand, that the Homeric sagas and
the Irish sagas aro ot identical origin. He
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can convlnco you as easily that Virgil was
a Celt. Ho can show that all modern melody
emanated from Ireland. "Irish," "Celtic,"
"Gaollc" theso words havo their own deno
tation and connotation, which very likely
convict mo of error, but tho doctor Is a man
with a senso of humor, and I only cravo his
pardon If I havo mado any mistake.
I havo certainly described tho doctor as
Irish, nnd there's no harm In that, but It's
high tlmo for another description. Tho "sub
ject" of this sketch he's my patient Just
now Is a delightful cosmopolitan, n worthy
citizen of tho world. Ho has seen much and
been nearly everywhere. Three years ho
studied at tho Gregorian University In Romo;
other years ho studied In Berlin and In
Vienna. Ho has visited Europo on many
different errands. Everywhero ho mado
friends with tho great and tho little. Liszt
ho know Intimately. Ho Is, by tho wny, a
proficient student of comparative music and
tho history of music. But this fact, like most
of tlie others hero set down, you would never
learn from tho modest doctor.
Verily, tho variety of this man's accom
plishments defies a calm enumeration. Thero
Is Only ono way left to get tho matter straight
and that Is to try chronology Austin O'Mal
ley was born In Plttston In 1S58. Ho was
graduated from Fordham In 1878, received
tho degree of Ph. D. from Georgetown Univer
sity In 18SS, and from tho samo Institution
tho degree of M. D. In 1893. For a tlmo ho
was bacteriologist of tho District of Colum
bia and did notable work In tracking and
taming tho diphtheria bacillus. Then ho
went to Indiana, succeeding Maurlco Francis
Egnn as professor of English literature.
Hero It should bo noted that Doctor O'Mal
ley has a solid reputation ns an authority
on tho sonnets of half a dozen languages
and has written somo pretty good ones of
his own In English, anyway, for I haven't
rend tho others. Ho Is tho author of a num
ber of books: "Essays In Pastoral Medicine"
(In collaboration), "Tho Cure of Alcoholism,"
and when I called on him the other day ho
was, busy with tho manuscript of a new
volume, "Morals In Medicine."
Dr. O'Malley in Latin
Medico-moral problems are tho hobby
which has now become his principal line of
work. Ho has been at It for somo time now;
Indeed, ho has always been considerably In
terested In tho subject, but today he 13 a
recognized authority In the field. A moral
philosopher and doctor of medicine, ho brings
to bear a splendid training for tho difficult,
complex and profound questions with which
ho has to deal. They are practical questions,
too, such as bring him many Inquiries from
clergy and physicians. Famous moral theo
logians argue with him in Latin nnd quote
him with confidence. If ono of them has de
voted a Latin volume to "tho Iniquities of
Doctor O'Malley," It only goes to show the
extent of hfs' reputation and the Importance
attributed to his opinions.
But for tho majority of us his little book
of aphorisms Is the most Interesting. We
will, therefore, conclude with a few taken
at random:
Busy souls have no time to be busybodles.
An Irishman .is a human enthymeme, all
extremes and no middle.
Humor and humility are sisters.
The perjurer's mother told white lies.
The novel you like Is like you.
Some men's brains are bo badly crowded
with books that nothing can move therein.
An army in peace Is like an overcoat in
July not useful, but not to be thrown
away.
A goat-Christian Is a baptized person that
strays about town six days In the week,
but Ways In the shed on Sunday eating
newspapers. R !
ISLAM'S WESTERNMOST OUTPOST
In Tangier la a Protestant church', standing
guard over the great market place, and a Span
ish Cathedra) where the Bishop of Fessea pre
sides. Spanish priests have pushed their way
to all parts of the country, But the mosque
towers of Islam, watch. towers they are In real
ity, still stand sentlneMIke, overlooking every
village and town. Many a path ends at a little
dazzllngly white shrine of some saint where the
passer-by pauses a moment to do reverence; and
ever' town of any size holds scores of these
shrines.
All Morocco still repeats its salat five times a
day, facing the east and the sacred c(ty. Most
of Its people still pause now and then In the
day's work to say du'a or voluntary prayer.
Mosques are still being reared, and saints'
shrinei multiply but the trenches of Christian?
lty are there, valiantly held by a handful of
volunteers.
Trench warfare is slow, but the Cross Is move
lng forward. The Christian Herald.
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM
The American patriotism must be uncor
rupted by those contempts for one's own which
sometimes cast native sons of America Into
the hyphenated realm that exists on the fringe,
of the British empire. If the American spirit
conquers anywhere, it must conquer at home.
It must convince all corners) from the world
beyond our borders that this land is no longer
the happy hunting ground of nationalistic
dynasties or race oligarchies struggling to con
sume one another. The pure and unsullied
spirit of an America one and Indivisible, now
and forever that Is the Ideal today fu!)yas
much as it was ia Webster's time. Sprlusfleld
Republican,
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