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THE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN

NOVEMBER 5, 1951

THE GUARDIAN

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f'The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

NIBER D. 1951

CHARLOTTETOWN MON DAY. N0

Law compliance comes First

It. is to be hoped that our civic author- ities will at Bnce make arrangements for the calling of a Mayoralty by-election this month, as ordered in the writ of mandamus issued out of the Supreme Court by the Chief Justice, and put an end to the un- fortunate situation which has arisen as a result of their non-compliance earlier with the law. There will be expense and in- convenience involved, but if every litigant were permitted to raise these objections for failing to comply with an adVGFS0 judgment in our courts, we should have chaos. There is, of course, the right of appeal, but is there any reason to suppose that an appeal in this case to a higher court would be successful? Is it not much

more likely to involve our taxpayers in further unnecessary expense? Of more importance in this issue is

the attitude of our elected representatives toward their duties as citizens and public men. Obedience to the law is required of everyone, and the conscientious citizen will strive to obey it in spirit as well as in let- tor. Public men have a double responsibil- ity, in setting a good example. It is easy to deviate from the path of rectitude. but deviation invariably leads to ill conse- quences. In the recent past, the law rc- quiring the holding of a civic by-election within a certain time was violated on the pretext of economy, and subsequent legis- lation had to be put through in order to give this action an appearance of legality. This bad precedent will doubtless be noted by a higher court if the present case is appealed. and will certainly not leave a very favourable impression.

It seems evident that the validity of all the actions taken by our City Council since the election of Mayor MacDonald to the Legislature last May was in jeopardy, yet the Council proceeded complacently on the assumption that the issue could be ignored. It was intimated at Council meetings that' some unnamed legal advisor had so stated, but when the City Recorder-the properly authorized advisor-was queried on this point his reply was heard behind closed doors. This fact also will doubtless be noted in the appeal proceedings, if such should be instituted, as indicating the attitude of mind of the appellants at the time.

The wisdom or unwisdom of the legis- lation prohibiting the Mayor of Charlotte- town from sitting in the Legislature is not here in question. The place to thresh this issue out is on the floor of the House. As the Rev. Dr. Pidgcon points out in an article in Saturdayls Guardian, "It is the readiness to bow to the will of the people as a whole which makes our political sys- tem a success." The Legislature is a sov-- ereign body within its powers, which clear- ly include the making of laws for our in-

corporated municipalities. While these laws are on the statutes, they should be obeyed, without question and without quibbling.

Footnote To History

According to a version of events gener- ally accepted in the United States, Mr. Churchill opposed an overseas invasion of France and proposed to throw the major weight of thelallies into the Balkans. It has often been argued in justification of Mr. Churchill's supposed strategy that it would have entrenched the western pow- ers in eastern Europe and prevented Rus- sia from seizing itspresent tellites there.

All this Mr. Churchill fatly denies in the latest installment of his war memoirs. He says that at the Teheran conference he proposed only that, while pressing ahead preparations for "0verloixi”, the cross- Channel invasion, he wished to use the Allied strength in the Mediterranean to capture certain vital islands there and to secure the northern half of Italy as a base for the bombing of Germany. As for an invasion of the Balkans in place of a blow at France. "no such idea had ever crosscd

. my mind."

The United States military authorities

: rejected Mr. Churchill's Mediterranean plans

and afterwards comforted themselves, he

, bays, by reflecting that "at any rate we

have stopped Churchill entangling us In

'7 the Balkans." While(he had no such in-

tention he still believes that

leaders made a grave mistake in refusing to use their strength adequately in the Mediterranean. .

"In this clear statement of the record." comments the Winnipeg Free Press, "Mr. Churchill refuses to accept credit for fore- sight which he did not possess. It may be argued-though such wisdom after the event is now rather pointless-that if the Allies had invaded the Balkans they would have been in a strong position to resist Russian penetration throughout eastern Europe. That may or may not have been so. At all events Mr. Churchill did not propose such an invasion. Russia and the United States regarding it as strategically dangerous if not impossible the decision of Teheran in favor of "Overlord" seven months later was unanimous."

Fisheries Progress

It used to be a common point of view, that there is only a certain amount of business or a certain number of jobs avail- able. It followed that the way to protect

those already in an industry was to dis- courage others from getting into it.

The error of this reasoning has long been apparent. Industry is a very flexible thing indeed and when w men, ideas and capital are brought in t e result is gener- ally an overall expansion which benefits those already taking part as well as the newcomers. In much the same way the new draggers or trawlers should prove ben- eficial even to the inshore fisherman as well as being profitable to their owners, crews

Acjnou DESIRED IMMEDIATELY, It-" NOT SOONER ..

CI

The Driver's Seat

Vic

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and the industry generally.

With the large and relatively stable catch provided by the larger boats the in- dustry must become better organized and it is possible to reach out for markets which were unattainable under earlier con- ditions. The benefits of improved market- ing then become available to -all fishermen whether actually using the new boats and gear or not.

EDIIORIAL NOIES

will be with us. -

I O 0 It will take a lot of cai'rying to bring the Amherst winnings home. 0 Q 0

Everything works together for good to

B.I'iC8. o 0 0

To be, or not to be, has been decided . in the affirmative by those starting the course in play production technique at Winsloe. O O I

The first shipload of the main part of the 27th infantry brigade sails today from Quebec City. Those at home will them God speed.

ain and Ireland, landed at Torbay this date 1688, driving from the throne his father-in- law James II, thus ending the line of Stuart

sovereigns. O I

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A trade magazine, "Taylor and Cutter", has described Churchill's new cabinet as "the best dressed we have had for a num- ber of years”. One shudders to think what the cartoonists will do about it.

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Close to half a million Canadians bought .?;157.000,000 of sixth series Canada Savings Bonds by the end of the second week of the campaign, an increase of d20,- 000,0()0 over the total rung up at the same date last year.

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One result of the dissolution of New- foundland's Legislature is that that Prov- ince has no M.L.A.'s at the moment to be included among the V.I.P.'s taking part in the r ception of the Princess and Duke.

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Are the Maritimes prosperlng? ing among the various payroll savings regions showed, the Atlantic Provinces ahead with the dollar total up about 36 per cent over the same time last year and the number of transactions up 25 per cent.

Stand-

Alas the poor fox! A meeting of the Fish and Game Association at Sackville passed a resolution to be forwarded to the Department" of Lands and Mines at Fred- ericton, requesting a bounty on foxes and raccoons as they are said to be destroying pheasants, partridge and other game birds.

The city of Hamilton has been told that the cost of treating the water supply with fluorine to check tooth decay would be only 10 or 11 cents per capita annually or less than 522,000 for that city. On a similar

Presidenhcould have the protection for about come- tftoocevcli: ma one United song miumyl

basis it would seem that Charlottetown

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general one. not

tainly long before have just. completed. First, he said. the mass of moves one way, then back again and so on. the" inference being

PUBLIC FORUM This column is open to the discussion by wu spnndcnln 0' Questions of Interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of w. respondcnh.

SCRIPTURAL PRECEDENT

sir. -- Is it not remarkable how

our every day affairs seem to be tied up with the Scripture? The Zgg, law that gives our Princess the . . l

Four more days and the Royal Visitors :32: t:,,ebe,,?:: 33:” out of a class that had no rights of any kind and elevated them to the high position they occupy in our society today. The story is easy to read in the 27th chapter of Numbers verses l to 8.

The sum law defeated the king of

Babylon when he attempted to , , , wipe out the house I D id. H them that sow in faith and reap in abund- put to dem. an meo p,..::e5 but completely ignored the two young pzlncesses. wonderful record.

But. that. is another

Now that there is a scarcity of wool, I am. Sir, ctc.. women are beginning to wear knitted Albany RE-II SEARCHER stockings. -

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l Notes From Q V

Another Island 92

By "Anson" -9

LONDON. England :-

Receni; references by political

analysts over here to what they wish cnll the ”swing" of electoral favour

brings to mind the theory of one commentator some time ago that

0 o o the wliiolcla business of elections . . . . . lk d William of Orange, King of Great Brit- 321 click, elffjs ,:3..2,'f,,,f,i”;1l;1,,”'j;

connected with any particular election, and car- the poll we

the voters' opinion then the other.

that changes in

Government. are brought about

only partially by one party's suc-

cess or failure; there is, it win claimed. a great influence exerted by a natural desire for a change for its own sake every now and then.

This is probably true. in this country at any rate, with due al- lowance made for unusual circum- stances that. may bring about the downfall of any Government. on any time and the election of lead- ers more in the confidence of tha- people: an example of this was the collapse of the Chamberlain administration in 1940 in favour of 9. Cabinet headed by Winston Churchill.

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But it. could be wrong to assume that. only the threat. of national disaster staring us in the face. or the desire to see is few different. names in the Press Parliamentary reports from time to time, makes us switch our political allegiances. such an assumption would un- doubtedly underestlmate our abil- ity to think for ourselves. and to base an honest. opinion on what has happened, is happening, and is likely to happen under the con- trol of any particular Government that. chances to be in power. Whether we think along the right. lines or have a misguided ep- tlon of issues at stake is a matter of individual opinion. but the fact remains that the high percentage of the total electorate which used the vote in our lut two elections indicates that we are ac politic- nlly conscious as we have ever been. if not. more so.

If this tendency continues the pendulum effect. may become much lcu noticeable becuuoc it is less regular. Certainly there was little of 1 "swing" either one way or the other nbout the recent general

election. After the February. 1950 poll. the political indicator showed the country pretty well evenly divided on the question of Social- iem veroul Oonocrntlzm. with just cufficlcni of o inning towards the bolt to give the labour Govern- ment. the majority they required

thing like b1,500 annually.

in my in power: now we find the electorate Iimilcrly divided but L with the indicator nocriio having

, i-..-gm 911 2 I Notes B ') Calgary Herald thinks "the trouble today is that there are so few horses around to learn horse sense from.” Ain't it the truth! And one of the best of the few is the milkman's horse. If he didn't pull the wagon around and stop the right places, how would the man have the horse sense to know where to leave the milk? - Otta- wa. Citizen. Vancouver Island has an area almost six times greater than that of Prince Edward Island, yet the former is only a fraction of the huge province of British Colu-m- bin and PEI is an entire pros- vlnce. You can make this prove what you please but it cannot be denied that the biggest pumpkins often grow in the smallest gar- dens. Intenslve cultivation whet.h- er of earth or the culture of those who dwell thereupon can stir any

island to high attainment. As England has demonstrated for centuries. - Sydney Post-Record

A German farmer in the soviet occupation zone went into Allied- held West, Berlin with two small pigs. a cow and his plow horse. He swapped them all for a brisk. young horse. when the farmer re- tufned he was arrested by the Communist police for violating the law by taking livestock out of the Soviet zone. His defence was that he had bencfltted East Ger- many by getting the best. of the swap, because the plow horse he traded away was thirty years old rind had a life expectancy of practically zero. He was let off with one year in Jail. - New York Herald Tribune.

Here are a few amusing exI.m- ples of the occasional oddity of our language: the definitions are tak-

movcd very slightly over to the

Right the Conservatives have as-

sumed control. I I

Although this shifting of the balance of power will, presumably. bring about certain changes in basic policy. enabling private cn- tu-prise to play a greater part in the country's affairs. it only be- comes possible through a readjust- ment of the relative numbers of socialist and Conservative candl- dates returned to Parliament. and certainly not because of any pro- nounced "swlng" in popular opin- ion.

For proof of this one has only to note that the number of people who voted for the Socialists was actually greater in the recent elec- tlon than in that of last. year. There were. in fact, more votes cast. for the Socialists than the Conservatives. but since it. is the party with the greatest. number of elected Members that forms the Government, irrespective of total votes cast. this apparent anomaly is only of statistical interest.

It does, however, reiterate the argument that the feelings of the electorate have not altered much in the last two years or so: that, by and large. the opinions held It the time of the February, 1950 election are held still.

There mny be I gresi. change 1: the next. election. whenever it comes. Whether there in or not depends on the conservatives who now control our destinlca. In their hands now lies not only the future of the country but of themcclvcc as I party.

A vast. number of people view them with I certain nmouni. of suspicion. They are cuociutcd rightly or wrongly-with whnt Ire often referred to as the "Bad Old Days" of industrial Geyroulonl. claw diatinctions and other forms of human discontent. Rogordleu of whether-or not they delervc the association, they now how the opportunity of chewing that it need not apply in tho pruent. day.

If they con maintain the some of security that the most ofwork- crl hn felt under the Labour Oover-mncnt whlnt It the some time landing the notion to A greater measure of strength and prosperity in world affairs. the pendulum muy lying cnin, this

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The Way 1 5, 9. en from the shorter Oxford D;c- tionary. They should provide top- ics for argument and it challenge to look for others like them. Priceless: fa) Having a mine he- yong all price. invaluable; lb) Having no value, worthless. Ravel. to) To entange, confuse, perplcx; II!) To disentangle, make plain or clear. Clcove. (a) To split, separ- ate or sever: (bi To adhere or cling to, to remain attached to. Nervous. tn) Vigorous, forcible, free from weakness, lb) Excit- able. timid. And what is the dif- ference between "slowing up" and "slowing down?" - CBC House Organ lR.adio.'

Today's crop '0! mari-iagnblc men got a rough golngfover from a gmup of young women inter- viewed about their hopes of find- ing males an admirable as the men their mothers married. The

girls resented the fact that they do not receive from their male contemporaries the same self-

saci-lflcing consideration and se- curity that they did from their fathers. it is also the habit. of the young men to compare with their mothers lhc pmspective wives that they meet, and to find the comparison ,equally unfavorable to the girls. Expeclnlly as cooks. We would like to offer both the cheering thought that their par- ents, now so exemplary. felt the some way about it, and so will their own children. Perhaps the discouraged young women would take a different view of the men they are appraising if they realiz- ed how fond of them their daugh-

ters are going to be. - Chicago Daily News. . It shouldn't be necessary to

warn adults to keep matches away from children, and yet. fires start- ed by children playing with matches have snuffed out a num- ber of lives in Ontario in the past few weeks. Leaving matches with- in the reach of children must. be branded as carelessness because there is no excuse for lenvimr matches lying around, and it is

little trouble to put matches in places that are inaccessible to small hands. Better still

of course, is for parents to give in- struction on the dangers of fire. instructions which must sta'.rt at a very early age and coiiirlnue un- til the lessons are imprinted on young minds. The introduction of lighters has considerably re- duced the danger of fire from matches. and the wider use of the "safety" type of matches also con- tribute: to fire prevention. Unfor- tunately. until they are tam-rht otherwise, children will play with fire and their innocence too often results in their deaths. Sud- bury Daily Star.

Crlro-it-Arc-can-cl-xrun-s 49- &- W1 5 Old Charlottetown

uAnd r. c J.r ii ODDFELLOWSIIIP AT sounrs "Colville Lodge. No. 32. 1.001., was instituted oi. Soui-in lut oven- ing by W. C. Deabriny, Esq, D. D.G.W.. who was assisted on the occasion by I large number of the members of the city lodgel. The work of instituting the lodge com- inenced It ii o'clock nhnrp. Nine new membeu were admitted by initiation. and three by cords. After remaining in seulon until 12.80. the members and their city visitor: repaired to the Buy Vuc house, when I sumptuous collec- tion was in .csdiness. and got up in excellent style. and fully up- pi-eclnted. Immediately after up- per work wu ognin . umed. con- tinued unill four o'clock. and the officers of colvillc Lodge regular- ly elected Ind installed. Tho-fol- lowlng II I list of officers: V.-H. Knilht. N.G.: H. O. Bi-ownell. V. 0.: Hector ilnclann, 11.5.; Joseph Campbell. P3: Obgni-lea P. Knight, Trcuurcr: Rev. J. O. Okmcron. J. Moxie Ind 1!. narrow, lruliocc. Thin Loan enter: upon its min. clan of Frlcndlhlp, have and Truth with brilliant prospects."

-The Eumlncr, Feb. I8, fun.

There is in section on ship build- ing fnt. the Festival of Britain) showing the development in that craft. even before the days of the Vikings, and step by step to the development. of our great. merchant. marine fleets of today. The con- trlbution that Britain has made to transport. not only the steam en- gine. but the propellers. the dif- ferent shaping of bulls. experi-

mental tats. special ships for special purposes like passenger liners. oil tankers, frelghtei-s.

whulei-sf etc., is reviewed. There are samples of 24 different types of vessels specially designed for a particular kind of duty with the special points of each explained. steam transport from the days of the Rocket. to the powerful standardized steam. diesel and electric locomotives of today is de- picted. also the development of automobiles and road transport from the days of the Romans, to the bicycles, motorcycles and the Rolls Royce. This whole field of transport was explained in the arena by the exhibits and through 3 recorded story of the particulars. Another part of the South Bank Exhibition is in the form of is huge mushroom, called "The Dome of Discovery". In it. there are eight section: showing in detail just. how British expl atlons have contributed to the d elopment. of the overseas territories-Livingstone to Africa. to explore its jungles and lakes; Scott. to the icy Ant- arctic; Stuart to the barren lands of Australia, and dozens of others who have surveyed the Seven Seas. contributing more in one place than another it is true, but nevertheless mapping the way for future generations.

. . . Another section of the Dome rc- vcals the structure and the age of the earth, and depicts it. as it ap- peared to the early scientists and astronomers. Now there are ex- plorations withlii the earth, and below its crust which have reveal- ed that its age is about 3,400 mil- lion years. science is finding new resources and riches every day. and every day too, new uses for these resources and riches. And in all this, the British people have played 3 leading part. Science and mechanization have greatly aided discovery. The Brit- ish started to sail the Arctic seas more than 400 years ago and by observation. charting and mapping. since that. time, have contributed more to Geography than any other race. They not. only charted the lands but the sees, the ocean beds. the habits of the fish. the safest. roads for navigation, the tendency of the weather; they developed meteorology and weather forecast- ing to the status of 3 Science. Continuing on a little further our attention is drawn to the uni- verse in miniature. and in motion there before us. The science of astronomy, which gives us know- ledge of the solar system and per- mits us to look at the universe as it. is now known. is dealt with here, too. There is a clear ex- planation of the physical world, seen through the powerful tele- scope of today, revealing some things that. perhaps, would have shocked even the promoters of the last Festival of Britain in 1851.

O O I Then we come to the Festival display which is concerned with Biology and its related sciences. the study of plants and animals, the study of insects. pest control, etc, all of which have contributed so much to our modern standard of living from the standpoint of health and of economics. It cm- phnsized the tremendous import- ance of Chemistry and the con- tribution that such men as Boyle. Black. Cavendish. Priestly and Dalton have made to the know- lcdge of the structure of matter. and how the conception of atoms. molecules and elements orosc.

One of the outcomes of New- ton's genius has ultimately been the jet engine. Classic experiments with a magnet and some coils of wire mode electric power possible: Kelvin's mathematical insight. helped to create refrigerators; Rutherford provided the means for releasing nuclear energy. Medicine. Biology and Metallurgy owe in great. deal to the British for the provision of research tools. These facts are explained not in print. but in the most interesting meth- ods of practical illustration.

It goes on to tell of the people of Bi-min. their development through the stone and the bronze ages and the iron age when they became more peaceful. And the invaders as they came, the Celts, the Romans. the Anglo-Saxons. then to the Vikings, the Norse sea raiders. and the Normans. It shows how Britain was part and parcel of the continent about 8000 years ago. before the North Be: Ind the English Chnnnel met and merged. which made Britain In lclond.

It explains how this happened: it shows how the people lived. whnt. they looked like. what they ate and how they'woi-ked in non of than ages. It describes the coming of Christianity, the grad- ual growth of the people that moulded their thoughts. their feel- ingl and their behnviour III into one whole which today makes up :39 "English tradition Ind way of

c".

"The Lion and the Unicorn" plvillon symbolises Brltibh chur- nctcr and tradition. The Lion rc- prcccntc action Ind the Unicorn. imulnotlon. Thin pnvllion mult- nta the effect which the lnglich language, lmrnturc and cducltion bu bod on the world. Througli the Bullish lcncune many. 230 million people can convcnc bo- uther. It show: the influence of

BRITISH GENIUS ON

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lirimb plays. poetry. proverb: one'

Lessons From Europe In Community Progress By Leo P. Mclsowc

Part One (continued) (All Right: Reserved)

DISPLAY

literature of every kind. the el. fects of British craftsmanship, in furniture, in clothes and tailoring, fishing tackle. landscaping, palm. ing, textiles. china. wall pupei-,ei,c, All throw more light. on the ob- scurltien of the national charac- ter.

In the "Homes and Gardens” section, we learn how Brltlsn freedom since the time of the Magma Carts has set the pace for peoples on over the world. in free. dom, democratic laws, and a work. uble form of government. Here is shown how many people on such a small island facing an urgent. problem of space, found solutions to their natural demands for beauty, gardens. flowers. enter- tainment, all of which are neces- sary to maintain that. important institution-family life.

Here. too. we saw some prac- tical ideas on furnishing the child's room in the home, the bed. sitting room, etc.. or developing LI hobby, suggestions for home en- tertainment, and answers to a hundred and one' questions for the young housewife who is faced with housing problems like these each and every day.

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The educational system in Eng- land is reviewed in a pavilion, which displays the kind of equip- ment and the sort of environment that are now being devised for the boys and girls of England. to make it possible for them to gel the best. out of contemporary educa- tion. This to my mind is the most incomplete project. Of course. it would take tremendous space to do justice to the past history and present scope of the entire Bi-ltlsii educational system.

The Health Pavilion does review the past in some detail. It was I Brltishcr. Harvey, who 300 years ago, first discovered the circulation of the blood; Hopkins and his as- sociates were foremost in recog- nizing the nature of vitamins; Banting and Best relieved thous- ands by discovering insulin. It was Jenner, a rural Gloucester doctor. who 150 years ago. started mass immunization against. smallpox. when it; was a familiar scourge throughout the country. Later Wright and Lelshman did pioneer work on such plagues as typhoid and other fevers. There is no doubt. about the part that the British people have played in the development of Science and medi- cine.

In this pavilion, there are some marvelous charts designed to ex- plain how the body works. effect- ive nutrition. preservation of health. medicine. surgery. blood transfusion. plastic surgery, and all through, emphasizing preven- tlon rather than cure in matters of health. Safe water, safe drain- age. vaccination and immediate medical treatment are emphasized. Recognition is given here, to pre- sent day scientists, for example. Jackson, Sherrington, and Adrian. who-have become famous in mat- ters relating to the nervous sys- tem.

Of course, no exhibition of such magnitude would be complete wlthout demonstrating to the world (this of course is not neces- sary to the British themselves! their inherent tradition of outdoor sports and recreation. Cricket. golf, soccer, tennis are only A few of the games that the British people have codified themselves and carried to the people of other nations.

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Nuns fret not at their conventi-

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And humans are contented with their cells.

And students with their pend!" clladels;

Maids at the wheel. the weaver at his loom.

sit. bllthe and happy; bees that

soar for bloom,

High is the highest peak of Pur- ness fells,

Will murmur by the hour in for- glove bells:

In truth the prison unto which we

oom

ourselves no prison is: and hence for me.

In sundry moods. 'twc.s putlmo

bound

within the sonnetfs scanty plot of ground;

Plelscd if some soul: (for iiuch there needs must be)

Who have felt the weight of '00 much liberty.

Should find brief oolccc there. I9 I hove found. ' -William Wordsworth

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