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DELIVERED AT THE PICNIC AND REUN ION OF OLD SOLDIERS. Subject: -The Lessons to be Learned From the War by Reviewing and Studying the Bravery of Our Sol diers and Heroism of Our Women." -Full Text of His Remarks. Following is the speech of Capt. W. U. Shaw delivered at thp nirmV nd reunion of ex-Confederate veter ans in Henderson, on Saturday, Sept. nth: Confederate Veterans, Ladies and Gentlemen: fhe invitation of your committee filled my mind with grave apprehen sions lest I shall be unequal to the task assigned me; but my love for the cause you loved and my great admi ration for your valor and daring, I trust will inspire me to say something befitting the occasion. We are told that when La Tour d' uvergne, the first Grenadier of -ranee, fell in mortal conflict, his in- piring heroism prompted the Empe ror Napoleon to order that his name be called at every daily parade of his Corps, and at the call, the Sergeant of is original company would always step to the front, and proclaim, 'Dead on the Field of Honor' ' I hese were then thrilling words, and inspired his living comrades to daring and noble deeds. We today would do honor to those who were he roes for the sake of Right; to those who )ore witness to their laith, by dying for it; who went forth in the full com prehension and communion of the truth, and staked their lives on its vindication. They died in a just cause, and attested their faith in it, because they loved their country, and ndeed "Died on the Field of Honor!" et they are not dead, they live rath er with the martyrs and heroes of the past, and in the memory, gratitude and bent iiction of the future. The daring deeds of the Confederate sol dier, who fell on the field of honor, will live so long as time, and the prin ciples of Liberty shall last, and will be an inspiration to true patriotism, and beget that love of country which will maintain the free institutions that up lift humanity and bring blessings and happiness to the people. The glory of our dead is an herit age to the living; the meed of praise that can be sung in their memory, is but a just tribute to you, the immor tal few, who in God's providence sur vived the most terrible struggle in which man ever engaged; and your deeds of valor have made the brightest pages written in ancient or modern history. As I stand here before this assembly of worn and scarred veterans of over two thousand bloody conflicts, al though it is a day of joy to you, to meet again after thirty years have roll ed by, since the smoke of the last bat tle has cleared away, and recount the scenes of strife, laugh over the inci dents of camp life, and strike hands in that undying love and friendship that is born only on the crimson field, my pleasure is not unmixed with sadness and grave apprehensions. In spite of the inspiring influences of the occasion, my mind runs back to the day when the iron tongue of that old bell in Liberty Hall tolled a death knell to tyranny, and its brazen metal chimed forth the sweet notes of liberty, and freemen North, South, East and West caught up the glad strain, and shouted their loud huzzas to a freeman's cause. A maenihcent superstructure was builded upon the foundations laid in blood by our patriot grandfathers, p.ace, plenty and prosperity pervaded every nook and corner of our beauti ful land, the morning air was laden with the happy song of a contented populace, and the twuigh t nour was made serene, and sweeten e 1 with the prayers of gratitude ascen Jing from a happy people. As my budding soul looked out over the boundless grandeur of my country, I blessed God, that I was born in a land of freedom, and like the Roman statesman gazing upon the splendor of the "Seven Hiiied City," I too could exclaim, "There is noth ing in which human nature more near ly approaches the dignity of the gods, than in building states, or preserving them when founded," and I gloried in the thought, that the sterling patriotism of the American citizen was a guar antee for the preservation of these in stitutions. But alas! alas! that bright thought seems to have been all vanity of vanities. Revolution has ever been the order of the world. Liberty and Despotism, have been the two great contending lorces which have convulsed the globe. To contend for supremacy and grasp at power is inate in the heart of man; the rich fruits of crea tion have been insufficient to fill the measure of his imperial desires. Athens, that time honored city, the birth place of letters and art, where Orpheus first touched the tune ful lyre, and the Muses gave an inspi ration to a Homer, and noble Sparta, immortal for the valor of her sons, were in turn, torn by the struggles be tween Aristocracy on the one hand, and Democracy on the other. So also Rome, the proud mistress of the world, was not free from these contentions,the expiring agonies of her liberties went ! out in the crimson stream that flowed down the base of Pompey's statue. ' She heeded not the experience offered by the proscription of Marius and Sulla, and awoke from her tranquil slumbers, to find her limbs galling with the shackles forged by the Trium virate headed by Mark Anthony, who had been seduced by the glittering bribe of wealth and power. By way of parenthesis, note the similitude Mark Anthony and MarkHanna, both men of greed, both relentless and re gardless of the happiness and pros perity of the people.) Old England in turn was prosper ous, and boasted that she was the land of liberty where no form of slavery could exist, yet under the Feudal sys tem by slow but sure steps her liberty proved a myth, and her sons became slaves to the Lords of the Manors. King John had tightened the thumb screws of oppression until the people were driven to desperation, and at Runnymede, wrenched from his tyran-1 nical hand the Magna Charta, the pal ladium of civil liberty, which led to the independence of America. The his tory of the world shows in every in stance, that with prosperty comes av arice, which leads to oppression in every form, and like a Hydra-headed monster is ever re?dy t6 destroy. With this experience drawn from the world is history, our grand fathers founded a government in this goodly land, and what a country we have! The grandest on the globe, in extent and natural advantages it has no equal. Aurora rising from her saffron couch, bathes her blushing cheeks in its Atlantic spray; ascending from her eastern shores, the god of day hides behind her western hills to give place to night. The auroraborealis is a merry dancer upon the surface of her northern lakes, while a tropical sun ripens the fruit and paints delicate tints upon the flow ering tieids ot her southern lands. Her women, especially those of our beloved South, are the fairest and the best the world has ever seen, their vir tue and patriotism is the brightest gem set in the history of all ages. There are but two philosphies of government, the one holding to the liberties of the people, "Government of the people, for the people, and by the people, the other a strong cen tralization of power. The principles of true Democracy on the one hand and of Federalism on the ether. The first triumphed, and brought peace, plenty and prosperity, but with the increase of wealth and power, Feder alism arrayed one section of the coun try with jealousy of the prosperity of the other. This green seething fire burned into a deep seated hate, which in turn declared the Constitution of our fathers to be a filthy rag and a league with hell. Then the free insti tutions of our land were in jeopardy and true patriotism was in sterling de mand. The true sons of our Revolutionary sires were confronted with the hired hordes of the world; this fair and hap py country was afflicted with the hor rors of a civil war; in the madness of fanaticism brother grappled with brother in mortal combat; every hill top bacame a bleaching ground for the bones of partriots; and every val ley ran a crimson stream from the grand-children of those who founded the Republic. In the providence of God the Union was preserved, and the patriot soldiers in gray as well as those in the blue, returned to their shattered homes with the assurance that peace and prosperity should be fostered by the government. You laid down your arms in good faith, and began to rebuild your broken for tunes and resolved to be true to the principles of our Republican institu tions. But ere the smoke of battle had cleared the horizon, the grasping enemies of liberty, under the guise of law, seized the prostrate and bleeding country by the throat, and set to work to destroy all rights of the States, and to establish a strong Federation. Ex travagance, bribery and corruption of every kind became the leverage by which monopoly and combine led to collossal fortunes in the hands of a few, and before we had rehearsed the terms of peace to our wives and chil dren, the shackles were forged, and fifty millions of freemen became slaves to a relentless Aristocracy. We look ed for relief from the Congress but the leading representatives of the people fell at the feet of the golden calf, and proved traitors to their constituents Trusts and combines boldly defied the law of the land, collossal fortunes have been heaped upon the favored few by burdensome taxation upon the labor ing masses. The last expiring hope left against the encroachment of Feder alism seems to have fled, when the Federal Judiciary throttled the Exec utive functions of a State in the in terest of a great corporation, and the day of human liberty seems well nigh spent. Mr. Randolph in a great speech battling against the encroachment of Federalism said, "Next to the book of Judges comes the book of Kings, and his prophetic eye saw the dangers in the increasing power of the federal Courts. Among those in power, the form of the English government is growing in favor, the millionaires of this country are making alliances with the crowned heads of Europe, and looking after title by intermarrying their daughters with the Barons, Counts and Princes of the old ccuntry. English bankers now dictate the financial policy of this country. The next and only step to wards centralization and a complete triumph of Federalism, is to wipe out all power retained by the States and establish a throne on the foundation where Washington served the people. The bold position taken by the Fed eral Courts, warns us that the proph ecy of the great statesman and patriot of Roanoke is about to be fulfilled. Thus we see history has repeated it self, save in this epoch the powers of oppression have gone further without producing a revolution than in any other instance. With these reflections my heart would sink within me, and I would count for naught all the blood and treasure spent in the cause of liberty. but like the great and beloved Vance, I believe the principle of true Democ racy, the principles upon which hu man freedom is based, are immortal; that though the forms in which they are encased may perish and decay, yet like the liberated soul, they will put on new glories in every phase of their existence. This fair land must not be given over to greed and avarice; it is God's nursery ground for civil and religious liberty. He will send the Moses of our deliverance, the slumbering pa triotism of the land will bestir itself and rally around that leader, and un less we return to the flesh pots of Egypt, we shall cross the Dead Sea of our undoing, and find rest under the Tree of Liberty planted by our ances tors of 1776. Oh! my countrymen! I would that I had a gift of tongues and the power of eloquence, as I stand in this valley of discontent, filled with the dried fragments of patriotism, that I might be instrumental in shaking them from their slumbers, that bone would come to bone, and sinews and flesh cover them; that the God of Liberty would breathe upon them, that they march forth an army of zealous patri ots, who would throw aside every sel fish motive and be ready to do and to die to save this fair land from the hands of her enemies. There must be those who still love liberty, some whose hearts still beat in sympathy with the high aspirations of our ances tors. Upon these rest the weal or woe of the land of our birth. These thoughts and meditations suggested my theme for today, one perhaps not anticipated by you, for precedent would dictate that I speak of the valor of our comrades living and dead, and first of all, of the patient endurance and patriotic sacrifices of our Southern women, God bless them forever! But these are themes beyond my ability and must be left to poets and orators who can alone do them justice. The occasion, the history of our lost cause, the present unsettled and feverish condition of the country leads me to enquire, Are there any patriots left in the land, and where are they to be found? Lexicographers tell us, a patriot is one -who loves his country. The examples furnished by history teach that he is not only one who loves his country, but one who is will ing to lay aside every other consider ation and to die if need be for his country. Patriotism is not a frenzied passion born in the hour of excite ment and danger, but a glorious and living reality. The virtue that gave to Christianity its heroic form is immor tal, and will console and sanctify hu manity. On the grassy hills of Scot land, the sword of Wallace still gleams in tradition, and his name is an in spiration to the cause of human free dom. The genius of France, in song and poetry, today pays high homage to the piety and heroism of the Maid of Orleans. The untarnished sword of Lee, can never rust, though sheathed forever, it will through all the ages point the liberty-loving soul to patri otic duty. The experiences of the civil war, were such as tried men's souls, and if there were patriots then, we perhaps may trace their lineage to this day. The population of the country has been rapidly increased by a foreign immigration and according to the census we have 39,000,000, native born Anglo-Saxons, 7,000,000, color ed people and 37,000,000, foreigners, the latter increasing yearly by a ratio largely in excess of our own, until now large sections of the country are over run by thriftless tramps, who like the lice of Egypt are depredating upon the rights of the people. Secret political societies such as Fenians, Nihilists and Anarchists, brought from Russia and Ireland have been engrafted among us, and society has integrated to an alarming extent below that moral standard necessary to uphold good government. From this element there is no hope for the perpetuity of our Republican Institu tions. Our fathers in founding this Confederation uf States, saw that our land extending from ocean to ocean, could never be happy and prosperous without local self government. In fact the States which formed the Con federation, knew their best wants, and best interests, and granted such powers only to the General Government as tended to promote the common good of the whole, reserving to themselves the right to regulate their own do mestic affairs, lhe very magnitude of our territory, diversified in its inter ests and usages, customs and tradi tions of its people, make local self government necessary for the good order of society. Yet thee are those in political authority who favor and protect every species of monopoly, trust and combine. Syndicates un der the sanction of law are formed which have the power and use it, to corner the necessaries of life and drive the consumer to desperation, want and crime. They break down the price of farm products, until agricultural pursuits have become the most unprofitable avocation of the people. Great steam boat companies and ship owners are protected by the powers that be, in all their selfish demands; great railroads and telegraph lines have annihilated time and space and spurn the limits of a state; great manufacture g con cerns have formed trusts, and these all together combine and control the Congress and Judiciary in their own interests, to the direct detriment of the toiling masses, and the citizenship of free America is but the hewer of wood and drawer of water for the trusts and combines in. power. From these and such as elevated them to power, one would scarce expect pa triotic impulses; like Shylock, they have their bond of power, and will ever demand the pound of flesh. The modern politician is a genus homo, who pretends to sacrifice his dearest interest to serve the dear peo ple. He claims to be of the ancient ord er of some old national party, or to serve his country best declares old parties corrupt, and goes into a con glomeration of the worst element of the old parties, and calls it Fusion, and he becomes but a vampire upon the body politic. These are all birds of low order, ever whetting their beaks and watching for prey upon which to gloat their greedy appetites. The aim of the modern politician is spoils of office; they are a promising people until they get a lease of office, when they ignore their deluded constituents and busy themselves in the gratification of their own avarice, and devise means to perpetuate their holdings and pil ferings. From such as these, the country has no hope; they are but the birds of prey that hover over a pros trate country, where there is most putrifaction upon the body politic. The only remaining class of our citizenship from which we may hope to draw the Spartan band which shall stand in the pass of this modern Ther mopylae, and defend the dearest in terests of the whole people, are the "Anglo-Saxon veterans of the late war" Americans to the "manner born," both blue and gray, who sealed their devotion to the country by a sac rifice the world has never seen before. The elerans ot the South stand par excellance in the forefront, in unsel fish devotion to a country's cause, they stand to-day in the presence of great events, a theatre of action is offered them, where as votaries of peace; they may gain a fame that will add luster to their already deserving re nown; for he who mediates between the antagonistic forces that govern so ciety and keeps the rainds of his coun trymen in conservative channels of thought and action, merits far greater praise than he who conquers a city. Devotion to principle is the truest conception to heroism. The match less genius of Marlborough, and the dauntless steady valor of Nelson fail to evoke from our hearts the homage ren dered to the less brilliant characters of Wolf and Collingwood. Heroism has exhibited itself under manifold types and widely different phases, in the several stages of intellectual and moral developement of the human race, each marked- by individual characteristics, but all retaining some element of pa triotic devotion. The Greeks in the age of their glory, were the champions of human intellect, the vanguard of civilization. Marathon and Plataea were victories won, not for Greece alone, but for the human race, tri- umphs of moral courage over physical force, In patriotism, willingness to sub serve all things, to the good and glory of his country, the Roman of the ear lier centuries of the Republic stands unrivaled. Fidelity to their cause, 1 longer with round, plump and rosy because it was their cause, enthusiastic ' cheeks, but cadaverous and showing public spirit, fortitude, temperance, 1 that hunger had done its direful work; sincerity and subordination: these were he leaps to his feet, he presses his brow the virtues of the Roman heroes. ' in dep anguish, and the strong man These are illustrations culled from the 1 of arms breaks down in tears; a crisis history of ancient times, and they give ' is reached, the patriot must choose be but a faint idea of the devotion of tween his dearest objects and his coun those heroes of the civil war who were ' try's needs; human nature triumphs, faithful as long as there remained any- he starts unwittingly to leave and fly thing to adhere to, who faltered not, 1 to the rescue of those he loved better but were steadfast to the end. Those than life, but no! he had come to die who followed that immortal patriot, on his country's altar, and though his paramount gentleman, wh se patriot- heart break within him, he would stand ism was illumined by Christian faith, to duty. A glorious triumph! one re a great soul clad in human frailty, yet corded by angel hands. He goes upon in the far hereafter no brighter star the field and fights as if armed with than his shall glitter in the firmament superhuman strength, and hopes that oftheundyingpast.no greater name the next tidings from home will relieve will be sounded through the long ages to come, than that of Robert E. Lee. The genius of Jackson; the martial fire of Pettigrew; the impulsive valor of the gallant Pelham; or the unbla- zoned devotion of thousands of name- less ones, at whose memory tears still flow, come down to us as exemplars of Datriotic virtue, and sources of hope t 1 v for a brighter future. The land for . have you untrue to your country." which they fought and died can not Nature could stand no more, the fren becorae the home of cringing slaves. !jied man ruhed from the camp, and Veterans, you fought an unequal j like the wild creature he was, flew to fight; 3,600,000 men confronted your i the arms of his starving wife, and in a 600.000: those who opposed you 1 short time provision was made for had the storehouse as of the world to supply their wants; you were circum scribed by blockades to a narrow compass; without food and without clothing, unarmed, yet like David of old you trusted to the righteousness of your cause and met the mail-coated giant, and battled in behalf of your country's liberty. our devotion impelled you to leave the wife and children of your bosom unprotected and unprovided for. The women of the South gave up their all, and with tears, sent you forth to die if needs be in the cause dear to them. An instance of unselfish patriotism which serves in a large measure to ex exemplify the patriotic devotion of our Southern women comes to me while I speak. A poor widow in Granvide co. had four sons who were her only com fort and stay in life; the call to arms came, it ove whelmed her with grief and forebodings for the future, but like a Spartan mother she made them ready and through tears of anguish she t,avc them freely to the country she loved, and with her parting kiss she bade them remember the deeds of their forefathers, and do their whole duty. After these brave boys had gone, she took the invalid wife and little ones of the married son to her home to care for them; night after night around the family altar the prayers of mother and wife ascended to a throne of grace for the restoration of peace and return ot her sons. For four long years this noble woman plowed the ground making a meager support lor her sacred charge; she cut and hauled all the necessary fire wood, once a week walked five miles to a post office, where she sent and received letters to and from them, and in every instance urged them never to shirk a duty. Thus through the whole stormy period of the war she stood bravely at her post, encouraging her noble sons and never complained of the hardships she endured. No monument of stone commemorates the virtue of this noble woman, but the full record of her sac rifices is written in undying letters upon the scroll of Heaven. Another incident crowds upon my mind which in pathetic terms pictures the deep seated and undying devotion of both Southern men and women. When the first drum beat called patri ots to arms, a noble fellow whose life had been one long day of sunshine, heeded his country's call and bade his young wife be of good courage. At the last moment he folded her to his manly breast and hastily recounted the few happy years they had lived in each other's love, and with the ardor of true and impassioned devotion he kissed her trembling lips; he then takes his first born, a lad of four summers, upon his knee, twines his fingers in his curly locks, calls him papa's little man and bids him obey his mother and be a good boy until father returns. And then little Jane is taken upon the other knee; he first looks into her bright blue eyes and then in the tear bedimmed eyes of his darling wife; he would speak other words of comfort, but the heart of the brave fellow swelled within him, the quiver of the chin showed that nature was scarce equal to the sacrifice about to be made J dumb with emotion he hastily em braces them, one more long and last kiss and he is gone. For a season gloom hovers over the young house hold but in due time the brave young wife cheerfully began the battle of life; she worked day and night for the support of her two children; letter after letter she sent to her brave young hus band, telling him of her great sacrifice in giving him up, but expressing will ingness to give him in her country's cause, bo time -vent on, the soldier did a soldier's duty; finally a letter came, sadder than any before; it told of sickness, how she had broken down in her effjrts to provide for the little ones, ana ot her tears lor their welfare, and how she wished he were home , again to provide lor them, but at the for same time bade him trust in God their wellbeing, and do his duty, for she was proud of the record he had made. The soldier's heart was heavy as he lay by the camp fire and listens to the distant picket firing, a vision before him; he sees the old fires-ide, his lovely wife is now emaciated and hag gard; upon her motherly lap sits little Johnnie and lane, both in rags, no his aching heart; but the patriot must j be tempted further; he gets another letter which tells him unless he comes they must starve, the letter showed it j was reluctantly written, but said "little j ' John and little Jane were crying f r j i bread" as she penned the lines: with j tear-marks it was blurred all over, .The noble woman closed by saying biit John, we had rather starve than their comfort; soon the God of mercy restored strength and health to his dear ones and he returned to his com mand, to be arrested as a deserter. At the trial, the Court Martial found him guilty; in extenuation he laid the let - ters of his wife before the court: clemency was recommended; the great and magnanimous Lee approved the judgment of the court, but pardoned the offender, who returned to his com- pany and fought bravely to the end. This, noble fellow goes down the ages justified, and his patriotic endurance and sacrifices are but those exhibited by thousands who faught in the Southern cause. The young women were not an ex- ccpuon 10 me ruie. une incident is recorded which so graphically pictures the devotion of the girls of the South I give it as it comes from first hands: a A a soiaier in a certain regiment was engaged to marry a young girl, but he could not induce his captain to give him a furlough; so woman's wit was put in requisition and the fair damsel wrote President Davis the following letter: "Dear Mr. President: I want you to let Jeems , of Co , Regt , come home to get married. Jcems is willin', I is willin', Jeems' mammy, she is willin', my mammy, she is willin ; but; Jeems' Captin, he ain't willin', now when we're all willin' 'ceptin' Jeems' Captin, I think you might up and let Jeems come. I'll make him go right straight back, when he's done got married and fight just as hard as ever. Your affectionate friend. Mr. Davis read the letter and en dorsed it with these words, "Let Jeems go, and we are told that Jeems got married, and that the patriotic girl drove him back to the armv where he fought as hard as ever before. All over the South our noble women willingly endured every hardship; though they were mourning in sack cloth and ashes, yet like Rizpah, they kept their vigils day and night, and did their part in their country's cause. Veterans, speech would fail me if I tried to picture your patient toil and patriotic endurance in the cause of right. The boys of the South in many instances carved their names on the highest pinnacle of fame. I once knew a band of boys ranging from 14 to 17 years of age, which went into battle. They were held in reserve until Gen. Breckinridge's right wing gave away under a galling fire from infantry and a heavy battery of artilery, and the day seemed to be lost; the whole line began to waver in front of the larger force pressing it, when, the boys came on the field with martial tread, the ad vance was in perfect line, until a vol ley from a battery cut a gap of forty nine from the centre. At the command they closed to the center with perfect alignment; cotinuing the march with fixed bayonets they charged the bat tery and took it. The flag bearer on that occasion kept his place forty feet in front until every strand of his flag was shot away. The wavering veterans took courage, rallied and swept the enemy from the field. These were sons of soldiers and gloriously exem plified the devotion of the Southern man to his cause. Nothing but patri otism of the highest type could thus make heroes of boys. At the battle of Malvern Hill the color bearer of a North Carolina reg iment was shot dead on the field; an other seized the flag and instantly fell mortally wounded; two others in turn seized it and were instantly cut down; finally a lad 16 years old from New Hanover county, took the flag; soon a ball shattered his right arm; he was told to go to the rear but he seized it with his left hand, saying, "No, sir, I can carry it yet." Then another shot mangles his fair young face and one offers to take it, but he cried, "Iet go, I can hold it yet;" just then another ball pierces his noble breast; he then handed the standard of his country to another saying, "Take it, Lieutenant, I can carry it no farther." They laid him behind an embankment to save his body from further mutilation, and he shortly breilhed out as noble a soul as ever animated mortal mould. The Southern soldier not only acted from principle, but in many in stances he was a soldier of the Cross, and gave exhibition of the highest Christian virtue. They fought bravely, and were magnanimous to a fallen foe. One instance will suffice to set forth this crowning virtue of a noble people. At the battle of Williamsburg, a North Carolina regiment wag lying behind lelled timber in front of Fort Ma gruder; both sides were firing at such a desperate rate it seemed certain death to raise one's head above the logs in front. Just then a wounded enemy lying between the two fires was heard ex claiming, "Friend or foe, some water; for God's sake some water." A pri vate from Wake county arose, and against the remonstiances of his com rades, walked between the lines amid a terrific fire, handed his wounded enemy his canteen of water, and re turned unharmed to his position, re making, that the "God bless you" of the dying man had amply repaid him for the risk of his life. Thus I might go on and multiply incidents, all and every instance, but a verse in the great chapter of human daring, endurance and patriotism, written by the Soldiers of the South. j The legends and histories of all ages j tell of no braver men, or more knight j ly achievements than were seen in the armv of the South. On every occa- sion men in serried ranks marched amid the storm of battle with counte- nances wreathed in smiles, with eyes , beaming, all aglow with delight, fired ! with the glory of patriotism and will-1 ing to die for their country's good. This was patriotism, this was chiv- j 1 airy and nobility of soul that passes all ! human understanding. rrorn tnese and their children, we naturally hope j for those who shall redeem the country, j j Now, my countrymen, my time has j j expired by limitation, yet I would j j speak a word of cheer before I close. , i Though an hour of darkness over- j shadows you, we hope for light io the . future. The Children of Israel might ! 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