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References
- ↑ "The Prophet, translated. - the Kahlil Gibran Collective Inc".
- ↑ Le Prophète. Les Cahiers nouveaux. Éd. du Sagittaire. 1926.
- ↑ 10-12, Hiro-o 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0012 Japan (as of Jul. 2024)
- ↑ 佐久間 彪 Takeshi SAKUMA (25 Feb. 1928 - 27 Jul. 2014), a Japanese Catholic priest.
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