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- 1 2 3 Von Abele 1955, p. 926.
- 1 2 3 Baker 1959, p. 233.
- ↑ Breen 1958, p. 280.
- ↑ Buck 2011, p. 138.
- ↑ Breen 1958, p. 279.
- ↑ Breen 1958, pp. 279–280.
