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- ↑ Wedge document
- ↑ Forrest, Barbara; Paul R. Gross (January 8, 2004). Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design. Oxford University Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-19-515742-0.