THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1899.
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BCHANTON, NOVKMOEll 27, 1899.
ury of tho United State, find the ' sponsible for some of tho acts that
United StatCB will bettr all the ex- j hnvo been committed In tho courso of
lenses of tho general government, tho 'boycott.' It seems to mo a fair
Economically speaking, wo should put conclusion, however, that some -of tho
Porto nico In the position which Al- defendants have themselves over
uska has occupied for the last thirty stepped, or have Influenced others to
years." I overstep, tho permitted limits of per-
As for tho government of the Island, suasion, argument and appeal to pub-
When Casslus stabbed his benefactor,
Caesar, he, too, did It on tho plea of
honest politics.
The D. L. & W.
IN REGARD to the periodically re
curring rumor that the present
control of the D., L. & W. Rail
road company Is to end at tho
next annual meeting nnd that the now
management will bo ejected to make
room again for the old; In regard both
to this particular effusion of yellow
Journalism and Its numerous varia
tions The Tribune, upon good author
ity, can enter an unqualified denial.
No changes are contemplated at tho
next annual meeting of stockholders
of the company; the balance of power
lias not loft the hands of those who
Inaugurated tho recent modifications
In policy and management; and when
the stockholders are apprised of what
has been done during tho past year
both- 'to secure new business for the
V., Ij. & W. railroad system and to
introduce improvements In methods of
operation they will feel more like vot
ing a raise In salaries than applying
the grand bounce.
The circulation by tho press of un
founded rumors of this preposterous
character doe3 no possible good and on
the contrary Is harmful to the business
Interests of the communities through
which the railroad passes, by reason of
the uncertainty which it creates In tha
minds of persons not well Informed as
to the facts. Therefore It Is suggested
that It stop.
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The compliment which the Spring
field Union habitually pays to Tho Tri
bune by reproducing Us editorials
would be more highly appreciated If
It were occasionally accompanied by
due credit.
In the Right Direction.
IT HAS BEEN the privilege of
Scrantonlans upon many occa
sions to set good examples bo
fore tho contemplation of other
communities; and the latest of these
was shown on Saturday evening at tho
first annual banquet of the Scranton
Life Underwriters' association.
In many places the men who are en
gaged In tho promotion of life Insur
ance are not only business rivals, keen
on each other's scent, but men whose
personal relations toward one or an
other have become so far embittered
as to render Impossible the spectacle,
witnessed In this city on Saturday
evening, of more than a score of com
petitors seated In friendship about a
festal board and dedicated to the pur
pose of protecting the honor and tho
good fame of their common vocation.
It Is not to be expected; It will hard
ly be claimed that this organization
of Hfo underwriters will Immediately
stop all the ramifications of rebating
and "twisting" Inherited from years
of Irregular work In the writing of life
Insurance In this city. So long as
some of the insuring companies belle
their own public profession!) of right
eous Intent by sending Into our com
munity, from time to time, special
agents on a salary basis, whose mis
sion Is to get business at any cost
and by almost any means, there will
be rebating and twisting, If not worse
offences against business decency.
Rut the members of this association
to the Inclusion of well nigh every
local agent have subscribed their
names to a writing not only pledging
themselves on their honor as men to
etand for fairness and Integrity In the
conduct of their business, but provid
ing a machinery for the detection and
punishment of Irregular practices; and
It Is not to be believed that this co
operation will fail to effect good results.
upon which public discussion divide.
tho Hun recommends a conservatlvo
courso which ought to make a good
basis of compromise. "It Is quite,
clenr," that paper says, "that the peo
ple are not yet ready for representa
tive government such as exists In nn
American state or territory. They
have never hnd representative govern
ment. They do not understand It. They
must be trained before they can bo
entrusted with It In the largest mea
sure. While Porto Rico, however, Is
far from being ready for making Into
a territory, legislation of a political
character Is required at oncelln certain '
directions. Federal courts fehould be
established throughout the Island, nnd
tho prompt nnd honest administration
of Justice thus assured. The governor,
whether military or civil, ought to have
the power, and bo obliged, to appoint
a council consisting of natives of the
the Island selected from tho different
provinces, to net as his adviser?, and
to represent tho wishes of tho people.
Local governments should be organized
In the towns and cities. The oRlrera
of these governments should be chosen
by the people, the suffrage being lim
ited to those who can read and write
either the English or tho Spanish lan
guage. These local governments, chos
en In this manner by tho people,
whether for tho cities, towns or prov
inces, should have tho power nnd au
thority to raise by taxation all the
money needed for local need3 nnd Im
provements. In this way the peopla
will ncqulre a sense of responsibility
In regard to the raising and the ex
penditure of public money, and will bo
trained In the practice of self govern
ment. It will then bo a simple step.
to establish a legislature for the gen
eral government of the Island."
The question of a form of govern
ment Is not Immediately pressing. It
can wait. Tho Important need Is to
put tho business Interests of Porto Rico
In the way of taking care of them
selves. When the people are prosper
ous nnd contented there will, as tho
Sun says, be no serious difficulty with
the political side of the question.
Although the belief Is very pro
nounced among well-informed persons
that the government is paying too
much money to the railroads for carry
ing the malls, and substantial argu
ments have been presented why the
rate of compensation should be ma
terially reduced, the railroads have re
cently formulated a demand for higher
pay. Congress should see that this
transparent bluff game does not succeed.
lHb DAWN OF A
NEW ERA HIS TOPIC
Concluded from Pago 3.1
lie opinion and support and have cm
ployed tho forbidden means, cither
directly or through those whom they
have enlisted In their cause of threats
and Intimidations and untruthful state
ments. An Injunction against the
further commission of auch acts will
not affect tho defendants If they have
not In fact committed them. Notwith
standing tho Injunction, they will bo
left free In the future to do all that
they concede they have done In the
past. To tho extent Indicated abovo
tho Injunction will be granted."
This opinion, It will be perceived, Is
a technical victory for the Sun and n
practical victory for the Sun's oppon
ents, who, although charged by the
Judge with the vlolntlon of law, are by
him patted on the back and virtually
told, In reversal of the Scotch verdict,
that they are "guilty, but do It again."
An opinion of this character can settle
nothing.
And so General Eagan, the man who
blackguarded his superior officer and
fed tho troops on rotten beef, wants
re-lnstatoment. His want should go a
long time unfilled.
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Fast Steamship Travel.
-y-HE OTHER DAY It was said
I In cabled dispatches from
JL London that tho Viper, a
w:
Friends of Schley are threatening to
ask congress for an Investigation.
Congress should not watt to bo asked
to Investigate this naval scandal, but
phould demand to know who the perse
cutors are and who tho false pretenders.
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Relieve Porto Rico.
,'ERY STUDENT of condi
tions In Porto Rico ndmlti
that at this moment that
pretty island, whose Inhabi
tants welcomed American sovereignty
bo gladly, Is In all commercial and fi
nancial respects very much worse off
now than It was under the sway of
Spjiln,- Under Spanish rule the people
of .Porto Rico had a market for their
goods, Into which they could get with
out payment of impoverishing tariff
charges. Today they have no market,
production among then) Is discouraged,
business la at a standstill and uncer
tainty clouds the future. This Is at
tested, .without dissent Tjy the Amer
icans who have visited Porto Rico, and
itjs urged earnestly by tho better
educated natives as a reason why tho
incoming congress Bhbuld hasten to
give relief,
'Jour flrBt dutV' very truthfully
says trie. New York' Sun in the couraa
of a" particularly practical editorial
upon this subjeot, "Is to make that
The Law as to Boycotts.
E RECENTLY noted tho
application of the pub
lishers of the New York
Sun for an Injunction
from court restraining a number of
labor leaders from (1) advising or re
questing advertising customers to de
sist or refrain from advertising In tho
Sun and (2) from resorting to any spe
cies of threats, intimidation, forco or
fraud for such purposes, or procuring
other persons so to do, and from pre
venting or attempting to prevent news
dealers from selling the Sun; (3) from
making any requests, giving any ad
vice or resorting to any species of per
suasion, threats, intimidation, forco
or fraud to bring about such result;
from "picketing" the establishment of
the plaintiff or any of Its branch offices
and by request, advice, persuasion, In
timidation, threat, force, fraud or de
famatory publications, inducing Its em
ployes to quit the employment of the
plaintiff; and (4) from, In any other
manner or by any other means, Inter
fering with tho Sun's property, prop
erty rights or business.
On Friday of last week Justice Book
staver in special term of the Supreme
court of New York city rendered his
decision upon this application, and It U
an interesting one. The facts of the
boycott against the Sun do not need
to be reviewed; the law, as now Inter
preted, Is as follows:: "The rule ap
plicable to such a situation Is that per
sons can lawfully combine and make
effort to benefit themselves to any ex
tent, so long as they do not by force,
threats, Intimidation or fraud seek to
hurt others In order to so benefit them
selves. At that point their acts become
unlawful and It matters not that such
Injury does not consist In taking away
anything which another possesses, but
only In Interfering In such a way that
he shall not recelvo benefit, such aa
patronage (advertising and ale of
papers In this case), employment or
other advantages that might bo re
ceived but for such Interference."
Tho court complimented tho defend
ants for their Intelligence, capability
and self-possession and expressly de
clined to pass Judgment as to whore
the chief blame rested for the troublo
between tho Sun and the union print
ers; but It Immediately added: "Let it
bo assumed, for the purposes of this
argument, that the plaintiff was in
fault, was arbitrary and unconclll
atory; and that the defendants have
just ground for complaint and that
their acts have been only such as
human nature Is prone to, under tho
provocation I have assumed to exlt.
Concede nlso, what Is undoubtedly the
case, that they have not carried on
i their contest, as Is too often done under
Blmllar circumstances by Ignorant men.
In a blind spirit of resentment, seeking
only to Injure the plaintiff, regardless
British torpedo boat de
stroyer of 320 tons displacement and
equipped with what are known as the
Patrons turbine engines, had, on Its
trial trip, gone forward at the rate of
37 knots or about 43 miles an hour.
This turns out to have been newspa
per exaggeration. The Viper made
only 32 knots forward, with three-
quarters of her power. A peculiarity
of the turbine engine Is that tt can
propel a boat backwards at only about
one-half of the forward speed. The
Viper, In reverse motion, made only 15
knots an hour. Certain changes In
machinery will, It is expected, increase
the maximum speed to 35 knots an
hour, or about the average running
speed of a well-equipped express
train.
In an address delivered on Nov. 3
In London before the Institution of
Junior Engineers, of which he is presi
dent, Mr. Parsons, the Inventor of the
Turblna, the first vessel to use turbine
engines, gave an Interesting forecast
of his expectations as a revolutionist
of sea-going machinery. For cxamplo:
"In regard to the general application
of turbine machinery to large ships,
the conditions appear to be more fav
orable In the case of the faster class
of vessels such as cross-channel boats,
faster passenger vessels, cruisers and
liners; In such vessels the reduction In
weight of machinery as well as econ
omy In the consumption of coal per
horse power are Important factors In
the case, and In some vessels the ab
sence of vibration, both as regards the
comfort of passengers, and In the case
of ships of war permitting greater ac
curacy In sighting of the guns, Is a
question of first Importance. As re
gards cross-channel boats, the turbine
system presents advantages in speed,
absence of vibration, and, owing to the
smaller diameter of the propellers, re
duced draught. As an Instance, a boat
of 270 feet length, 33 feet beam, 1,000
tons displacement, and 8 feet 6 inches
draft of water could be constructed
with spacious accommodation for 600
passengers, and, with machinery de
veloping 18,000 horse power, she will
have a sea speed of about 30 knots, as
compared with the speed of 19 to 22
knots of the present vessels of similar
size and accommodation."
The inventor of the turbine engine
does not hold out the extraordinary In
ducements respecting trans-Atlantic
travel which have appeared In some
American papers on tho strength of
his achievements, but he says: "In
the case of an Atlantic liner or a
cruiser of large size, turbine engines
would appear to present some consid
erable advantages. In the first place
they would effect a reduction in weight
of machinery, and some Increase In
economy of fuel per horse power devel
oped, both thus tending either to a
saving in coal on the one hand, or, if
preferred, some Increase in speed. The
advantages are, however, less pro
nounced In this class of vessels on ac
count of the smaller relative power of
the machinery, and the large quantity
of coal necessary for long voyages,
but the complete absence of vibration
our senso of right and good govornment.
It seems to me we nro In Cuba, Porto
Illco and the Philippines because, God
wants us to be, and under Ills leader
ship to open tke twenties to Christian
civilization.
Our stay In tho cast has been costing
treasures, blood nnd tears and human
lives, but this has always been the price
paid for freedom and civilization. For
Cuba, Porto Rico nnd tho Philippines a
brighter day Is dawning. I In fancy see
it. 1 picture a futiro of free schools, a
free press and a free church, with com
merce, rallrcnds, electric cars and tele
graphs. I also see wholesome laws with
honest Judges and courts of Justice. And
over which floats as a symbol of free
dom and liberty tho glorious stars and
stripes.
Advancement has been made along
moral and religious lines. During tho
first few years of the century there wero
ten times as many tnlldcl books sold In
America as copies of God's word. Hut
now tho demand for tho IJlblo Is bo
great that about thirty thousand are
prlhtcd every day In tho year. It Is nn
era of Ulblo societies organized for the
distribution of God's word. Of Homo nnd
Foreign Missionary societies which havo
ror ineir object tuo conversion or tne
world to Christ; of church extension so
cieties which aim to put a church on
every hill-top and In every valley nnd In
every hamlet and vlllngo of tho land; of
Freedmnn's Aid and Southern Educa
tion societies which are striving to edu
cate and convert not only tho millions
of frcedmen but also the poor whites of
the south.
Neither of these societies were known
ono hundred years ago. But tho pessi
mist says wo havo not mndo any ad
vancement In the cnuso of temperance.
Ho tells us that moro liquor Is sold than
ever before In tho history of tho world.
Wo admit thero Is n great nmount of
liquor sold today. Thnt thero Is great
need of work on the part of Christian
men nnd women everywhere. Yet we
cannot accept tho statement that no ad
vance has teen made.
Bible should bo read In every school and
tho American ling Moat abovo every
school building In the land.
You would guarantee to every person
tho liberty of worshipping God ns his
consclcnco shall dictate. Wo would ex
hort you to stand by these principles of
your belief. Not only subscribe to them
but carry them out as far ns posslblo by
your efforts and lives.
NUBS OP KNOWLEDGE.
For
WAS IN EVERY HOUSE.
Within tho century even a minister
might have his drinks and no ono thought
it wrong. Liquor was In every houso
and most everybody drank. Election day
was a day lor getting drunK nnu even
tho Installing of a New England pastor
was an occasion for a good deal of
drinking and hilarity.
Tho mai.ufacturlng. selling and drink
ing aro not as rc&pectablo us they were.
When men drink they prefer to do it
behind screens and stained windows.
We Judgo somewhnt of the moral prog
ress of the people by the Increase, In the
membership ot the church. At the be
ginning of tho certury there was only one
member to every fifteen of the Inhabit
ants. Now thero U one to every four.
This, you see, tncludcs a very large per
centage of tho adult population. The
church Is making rapid advancement. At
the end of the first ten centuries of her
history sho had fifty million members.
During tho next flvo centuries this num
ber doubled and there wero one hundred
millions. During the next three, centuries
she added another hundred million. So
that In tho year 1800 sho had two hundred
millions. But rcw at tho end of this
century she has four hundred nnd fifty
millions. Her Increase In tho last hun
dred years has been moro than during
the former eighteen hundred. But tho
peoslmlst says "There Is a great amount
of skepticism and Infidelity In this age."
"Much less," I reply, "than In any ago
of the past centuries." Then ho asks,
"Why do we hear so much about It?"
You have heard of tho man who tried
to dispose of several car loads of frog a
legs. At length, one man while not
wanting a car load premised to take sev
eral dozen. Some days nfter when ho
came to deliver them ho had only three
pair. Ho said ho had been greatly dis
appointed; these wero nil ho had caught.
He further stated that ho lived by tho
side of a pond and every night he heard
so much noise that ho thought there
must bo millions of frogs in It. But ho
had dragged It with a seine, drained It,
and raked It, and "ho could find only
these three." On the subject of Infidelity
I need say no more. You can draw your
own conclusions.
THE PESSIMIST'S INQUIRY.
But the pessimist inquires. "Aro we
not drifting from the old landmarks and
leaving tho old doctrines? Are wo not
tending towards liberalism?" I answer
there may be come, danger that In getting
away fiom extreme dogmatism wo may
swing too far the ether vay. But I thin
the churches are ger.eially sound In tho
faith though wo may hear moro about
good orks and love and mercy than
harsh doctrines. It Is only a few years
ago that mt.r.y believed that the destrus.
tlvo critics would tako frrm us our Bible.
They dissected and analyzed Its parts.
But they havo given tt back to ua with
reverenced hands not only unhurt bJt
confirmed by careful ttudy.
Bishop Hurst, who Is one of our ablest
Blblo students and a caroful observer
of everything pertaining to the Scriptures
and tho church, recently said there Is no
question that the present trend ot German
criticism on the gcspels and Pentateuch
is In favor of tho conservative position.
For tho last thirty years until a very
recent data tho general contention has
been In favor of tho so-called higher
critics. The pendulum lr now swinging
back and the German people are return
ing to the school of Neander, Tholock
and Hongstenburg. Wo havo no doubt
that within tho next five years all tho
main positions assumed by the higher
criticism will havo been taken from It.
Thero Is not an extrero view hitherto
held by the destructive critics of either
the Old Testament or tho New which has
Fried wasp soup is considered a great
delicacy In China.
Fully 80O,0w) domestic animals, vnlued
at $0,000,000, nro annually devoured by
tho wolvos In Russia.
For tho last ten years there has been
an Increase of 2.0C0 annually In the num
ber of Great Brltuln s Insane.
It Is said that property to tho valuo
of over JMOO.OOO Is left In tho railway
carriages of Brltnln every year.
Tho Juice of thi mulberry was at ono
time declared to bo a sovereign remedy
for gouty and rhcumntlo affections.
In Surrey, England, thero Is a groat
poultry fattening establishment, which
annually sends about 30,000 fowls to Lon
don. An analylst has made tho discovery
that California roses contain 20 per cent,
moro perfume than thoso grown else
where. Ono test for distinguishing diamonds
from glass and pnsto Is to touch them
to tho tongue. Tho diamond feels much
tho colder.
Withdrawals of money from tho Trim
teo Savings banks of Franco during tho
first nlno months of 1SD9 exceeded de
posits by $11,250,000.
Norway supplied Great Brltnln with
tvlco as much ground wood pulp last
year as tho United States, Canada, Swe
den and Holland combined.
While tho Infant mortality In Sweden
and Norway Is not ovtr 11 per cent, it
rises In tho German empire to 22 and In
the Bavarian highlands to 40 per cent.
Tho Italian' minister of public Instruc
tion wants to Introduco nn "arbor day"
on which everyone should mako nn ef
fort to plant some trees on barren mountains.
There are 400 millions of people in tho
British empire. It Is said that tho queen
would have to llvo another 70 years to
enable her to see them all pass beforo
her night nnd day for nil that time.
So far as is known the Hag of tho
Transvaal, tho South African Republic,
does not tlv over any vessel, no matter
how small, und that country, with the
Orango Free State, Is entirely without a
navy.
It Is a cudous fact that Queen Vic
toria should havo an equal number of
grandchildren nnd great-grandchildren
32 of each which, together with her bcv
en children, makes tho number of her
descendants 71.
Turkey has been engaged In war T3
yenrs or tno present century, consiuei
ably more than one-third of tho time;
Spain comes next, with 31 years of war;
France has 27 years; Russia. 24; Italy,
23; England, 21; Austria, 17; Holland,
14, and Germany, 13.
II. M. 8. Flexible, which was complet
ed in 1SS0, was among the first British
warships with Internal electric lighting,
but in those days there were no Incan
descent lights, so that arc lamps had to
bo used. Electricity has been used too
for working tho guns.
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enflrely peaceful, aa prosperous as it, nr h
deserves to be. This can bo done In
only jbne" way. Rorto Rico should be
brought within our tariff and within
the navigation laws regulating our
coastwise traffic;, jhe present currency
Bhbuld he abollf'lied. our own substi
tuted and the financial and monetary
eyetem of the United States should bo
established there.. The Internal revenue
lavt's". should, alP bo extended to the
island fdr,.tobfteo and certuln other
produoJ"Ptto Rico cannot bj
brughtj5rltHjn5pnr tariff' unless they
pay the 'excise which similar products
paV in the United Ptate, Th revenue
derived from customs after our tariff
goes Into force In the leland, and from
the eeleof will be paid. Into the trcw-
flted or not; but that they have, on
the contrary, directed their efforts In
a most rational and skilful manner to
proving their organizations dangerous
antagonlstsand have thus Insured their
own ultimate benefit by rendering It
easier in future to maintain rates and
to secure other advantages for their
members, Notwithstanding all this, the
fact remains that the law does not per
mit such warfare by such methods
whatever the provocation, unless, In
deed, the complaining party has em
ployed against the defendants the same
methods complained of. Hut that la
not the case here, There is
some uncertainty, upon the affidavits,
as to how far tho defendants are re-
questlons of considerable Importance."
It Is evident from tho tenor ot Mr.
Parsons' address that he considers the
turblno engine limited In its chief use
fulness to light ships which do not
have to travel long distances without
reconllng, but In which great speed
for short runs Is very desirable. Such
a ship Is the Viper. It Ib 215 feet long
but only 21 feet beam and 12 In depth
yet carries 10,000 horse-power, and
operates eight screws revolving 1,000
times a minute. The usefulness of
ships of this kind for harbor defense
or night attack Is so obvious that It Is
satisfactory to learn that our navy de
partment Is already making inquiries
Into the subject.
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High officials of Ilussla, Germany and
France have now orally espoused tho
doctrine of an open commercial door
Into China but they all seem unwilling
to put It Into writing. Americans are
not throwing out any Innuendoes but
they hanker after documentary evi
dence. In the case of General Otis things aro
different now.
Agulnaldo needs an automobile.
UNCALLED FOR.
From the Wllkes-Uarro Dally News.
We agree with the Hcranton Tribune
thut ex-Governor Wtitrea' Ingratitude to
wards ox-Senator Quay la uncalled for.
Mr. Watrcs seems to havo gone out of
his way to strike at the man who
mndo him politically and otherwise.
For this he will receive llttlo credit, but
on the contrary much' condemnation. The
American people still lovo fair play.
nent German critic, now admits thut
some of his former views are untenable.
And ho adds: "Tho old Christian liter
ature Is solid historic ground."
Tho unearthing of tab'.ots and ourl
forms In tho old world and tho discoveries
mado In Kgypt and other places In tho
east ore constantly confirming thought
ful men and women In their belief In this
grand old book. jo wo can nay In tho
languago of another, "Tho world of schol
arship was never surer of Christ and
never nearer to Christ and tho world at
large was never more anxious to seo
Chrlat than now. 'Hack to Christ Is the
World's battle cry.' Tho Christian world
Is asking 'What would Jesus do?' ana
never In the world's history have thero
been so many tnie men and women
ready to follow Jesus follow Him to self
denial, to holy living, to benevolent ser
vice, to tho ends of the earth."
A STIRRING, PRACTICAL AGE.
Let us in this stirring, practical age,
meet the demanda upon us and make
the most of our lives. Let us mcauuro
up to our responsibilities. An old mnn
said to me uomo time ago, "I was born
llfty years too soon." I think God wants
ua in tjils ago and just whore wo are.
In our present positions opportunities for
usefulness are constantly opening to us.
Let us ba ready to do what God would
have us. Strive to make the world bet
ter, thero Is much to be dono. Thero are
evils to bo battled nnd put down. The
times ara not what they ought to be or
as we would have them. We should
consecrate our lives to tho grand work
of making them better.
To the Junior Order of United Ameri
can Mechanics present I would say to
you I am glad to meet you here this
evening, You believe In patriotism, in
supporting and upholding tho govern
ment, which Is "a government of the
people, for the people and by the peo
ple," which guarantees equal rights to
all her fons and daughters. In Bupport
of tho old flag of our country, which is
tho grandest emblem of the world. You
believe In the Bible afd accept It as the
word of God. You also believe In the
public school system and In defending It
I against all its enemies. You think the
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