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References
- ↑ Acton 1870, p. Xi.
- ↑ Eltis 2013, p. 73.
- ↑ Anderson 1993, p. 52.
- ↑ Mora 2006, p. 39.
- ↑ Peabody & Richardson 1892.
- ↑ Gale 2002, p. 245.
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