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- ↑ Ralph C. Thompson, 'In My Own Words', at Geoffrey Philp's Blog Spot, 4 Feb. 2009.
- ↑ View from Mount Diablo: An annotated edition (Tirril: Humanities-Ebooks, 2009), p. 36.