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- ↑ Matyszak 2013, p. 155–156.
- 1 2 Matyszak 2013, p. 157.
- ↑ Matyszak 2013, p. 158.
- 1 2 Leach 1978, p. 52.
- ↑ Matyszak 2013, p. 158–159.
