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The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Prose
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Literary Fiction
Sub-genres:
Historical Literary
A collection of prose pieces by others exploring the love that has always dared to speak its name.
For the Great Mirror's companion collection of poetry, see here:
https://gayauthors.org/story/ac-benus/the-great-mirror-of-same-sex-love-poetry/
https://gayauthors.org/story/ac-benus/the-great-mirror-of-same-sex-love-poetry/
- Signature Author
- 08/04/2021 (Updated: 07/06/2024)
- 110 Chapters
- 231,498 Words
- 72,739 Views
- 383 Comments
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- Addictive/Pacing 1
- Characters 0
- Chills 1
- Cliffhanger 0
- Compelling 1
- Feel-Good 1
- Humor 0
- Smoldering 0
- Tearjerker 1
- Unique 1
- World Building 0
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Table of Contents
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P.
The Mirror to You and Me
- 420 Words
- 1,429 Views
- 0 Comments
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1.
Sholem Asch's "The God of Vengeance"
- 2,787 Words
- 1,585 Views
- 4 Comments
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2.
Boyd McDonald "Unnatural Act"
- 72 Words
- 1,320 Views
- 2 Comments
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3.
J. D. McClatchy "Eros, the limb-loosener..."
- 1,454 Words
- 856 Views
- 3 Comments
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4.
Unknown - "A Gay Bar's House Rules"
- 469 Words
- 699 Views
- 2 Comments
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5.
Winifred Holtby "Normal"
- 104 Words
- 854 Views
- 2 Comments
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6.
Unknown "Another Hope and Glory"
- 2,857 Words
- 1,057 Views
- 2 Comments
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7.
Katherine Mansfield "Leves Amores"
- 583 Words
- 1,008 Views
- 2 Comments
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8.
Emily Dickinson “Those unions will take us one day”
- 1,016 Words
- 494 Views
- 2 Comments
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9.
Gerald Basil Edwards "The Book of Ebenezer Le Page"
- 1,351 Words
- 1,188 Views
- 3 Comments
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10.
Straight sexual activity equals “relationship of strangeness and distance”
- 548 Words
- 480 Views
- 0 Comments
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11.
Ahmad al-Tifashi – “The Most ‘Charming’ of Slave Boys”
- 4,121 Words
- 1,118 Views
- 2 Comments
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12.
Ralph Waldo Emerson "Friendship"
- 5,951 Words
- 759 Views
- 4 Comments
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13.
Wayne Studer "Lavender Country"
- 781 Words
- 1,138 Views
- 3 Comments
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14.
Unknown "One of the men Hemingway loved"
- 218 Words
- 1,057 Views
- 1 Comments
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15.
Oscar Wilde "The Portrait of Mr. W. H."
- 11,538 Words
- 1,024 Views
- 4 Comments
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16.
George Sand to Daniel Stern
- 392 Words
- 906 Views
- 2 Comments
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17.
Martin Greif "Babe slugged anyone tittering at Howard’s petit-point"
- 1,511 Words
- 502 Views
- 5 Comments
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18.
Isabella Maria Ludovica "the privilege of possessing you"
- 355 Words
- 925 Views
- 0 Comments
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19.
Alexander Hamilton “Love à la française”
- 797 Words
- 647 Views
- 4 Comments
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20.
Margaret Mead’s Definition of “Perversion”
- 109 Words
- 929 Views
- 1 Comments
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21.
Sam Steward "Doing and Done"
- 4,385 Words
- 1,116 Views
- 5 Comments
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22.
Leo Tolstoy “I never loved women”
- 530 Words
- 631 Views
- 4 Comments
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23.
Leo Tolstoy "The Ivins"
- 2,574 Words
- 750 Views
- 2 Comments
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24.
O. Henry ”A man? … No, doctor; there is nothing of the kind”
- 2,430 Words
- 841 Views
- 3 Comments
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25.
John Boswell "Review of the novel Ephesiaca"
- 1,066 Words
- 956 Views
- 2 Comments
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26.
Dolly Wilde encounters Virginia Woolf
- 535 Words
- 950 Views
- 4 Comments
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27.
Doctor Evelyn Hooker “…an enormous difference…”
- 3,980 Words
- 878 Views
- 5 Comments
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28.
Leonard to Lytton “But who will marry Virginia?”
- 1,069 Words
- 448 Views
- 4 Comments
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29.
David Leavitt "Gravity"
- 1,685 Words
- 922 Views
- 2 Comments
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30.
Carl Morse “A touchdown pass never reached its tight end”
- 584 Words
- 826 Views
- 2 Comments
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31.
Oliver Goldsmith "on how friends should love"
- 536 Words
- 877 Views
- 2 Comments
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32.
Robert Fish “Keith asked a number of questions”
- 1,822 Words
- 818 Views
- 4 Comments
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33.
Oliver Goldsmith "Love and Friendship, or the story of Alcander and Septimius"
- 1,340 Words
- 683 Views
- 2 Comments
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34.
D. H. Lawrence “His love was more perfect than any love I have known”
- 3,122 Words
- 946 Views
- 2 Comments
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35.
Augustine “Better than that phantasm of God”
- 749 Words
- 985 Views
- 3 Comments
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Lawrence of Arabia “Sex is an integer in all of all”
- 1,207 Words
- 1,078 Views
- 2 Comments
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37.
E. M. Forster "Ansell"
- 3,147 Words
- 1,093 Views
- 2 Comments
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38.
Anne Sexton "There the snow was, beautiful and terrible"
- 346 Words
- 693 Views
- 0 Comments
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39.
Henry David Thoreau "The Pond in Winter"
- 1,790 Words
- 750 Views
- 2 Comments
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40.
Owlfeather “…but I want to be with you” – a First Nations point of view
- 2,928 Words
- 1,111 Views
- 4 Comments
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41.
from an Eyewitness to Wilde’s Second Trial
- 283 Words
- 890 Views
- 4 Comments
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42.
Skanda Purana "Sumedha and Somavan"
- 2,396 Words
- 693 Views
- 2 Comments
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43.
Carter Newman Bealer “Draw the curtains, Malcolm, will you?” “Certainly, Malcolm.”
- 1,158 Words
- 863 Views
- 2 Comments
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44.
Alison Laurie “New Zealand Bobby and the Kamp life of Aotearoa and Australia”
- 3,097 Words
- 797 Views
- 4 Comments
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45.
Alison Laurie Part II “A Kamp Girl’s Activism in Europe”
- 3,581 Words
- 384 Views
- 4 Comments
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46.
Jody Shotwell "The Gateway"
- 3,279 Words
- 700 Views
- 5 Comments
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47.
Tor Hell "Loving Soldiers in Sweden"
- 701 Words
- 435 Views
- 4 Comments
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48.
Edward Carpenter “Afar from feminine society”
- 958 Words
- 426 Views
- 6 Comments
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49.
Edward Carpenter “The unconquerable force of these unions”
- 1,275 Words
- 702 Views
- 0 Comments
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50.
Gavin Arthur “…his tongue flickered over me like summer lightning…”
- 1,854 Words
- 527 Views
- 4 Comments
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51.
James Gardiner "A Bit of Scarlet"
- 1,476 Words
- 763 Views
- 6 Comments
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52.
Joseph Orgel and Neil Miller – Two Takes on Edward “Maurie” Forster
- 2,159 Words
- 681 Views
- 3 Comments
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53.
E. M. Forster "The Obelisk"
- 6,104 Words
- 758 Views
- 6 Comments
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54.
Thomas Pynchon "To Love Decently"
- 116 Words
- 501 Views
- 2 Comments
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55.
Jack Saul “Recollections of a Mary-Ann”
- 1,994 Words
- 499 Views
- 6 Comments
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56.
Siobhan Somerville “Double Lives on the Color Line”
- 5,991 Words
- 532 Views
- 4 Comments
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57.
James Baldwin "signal of a bitter time to come”
- 5,029 Words
- 1,303 Views
- 2 Comments
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58.
Bayard Rustin through a kaleidoscope
- 1,645 Words
- 638 Views
- 4 Comments
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59.
Brian Keith “…Dear Dave…”
- 627 Words
- 906 Views
- 5 Comments
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60.
Christopher Robinson “The Muse of Violets”
- 910 Words
- 402 Views
- 4 Comments
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61.
Fredrick Loring “…you and a few others will know what I mean…”
- 18,110 Words
- 1,075 Views
- 8 Comments
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62.
Barry Goldwater "...you don't need to be straight to shoot straight..."
- 210 Words
- 424 Views
- 2 Comments
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63.
John McElroy "Love in Andersonville Extermination Camp, Part 1"
- 556 Words
- 336 Views
- 2 Comments
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64.
Sarah Prager "A Proper Kickoff for Pride Month"
- 1,608 Words
- 347 Views
- 2 Comments
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65.
Chip Livingston “…I want you back, Elan…” – a First Nations point of view
- 1,045 Words
- 273 Views
- 2 Comments
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66.
Hans Christian Andersen “Do you imagine this is the whole world?”
- 3,793 Words
- 297 Views
- 4 Comments
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Hans Christian Andersen – “How firmly you have grown into my heart”
- 1,453 Words
- 333 Views
- 6 Comments
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68.
Hans Christian Andersen through a kaleidoscope
- 2,602 Words
- 301 Views
- 2 Comments
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69.
Noël Coward “Me and the Girls”
- 17,923 Words
- 361 Views
- 2 Comments
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70.
Henry van Dyke - on Hallam and Tennyson’s Love
- 202 Words
- 272 Views
- 2 Comments
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71.
Who built a wall of imaginary law around these needs – excerpts from " Joseph"
- 2,144 Words
- 328 Views
- 3 Comments
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72.
AC Benus "...the great adventures that lie ahead..."
- 8,463 Words
- 290 Views
- 2 Comments
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73.
Henry Stevenson Washburn "...the Potomac held his body in its embrace..."
- 912 Words
- 225 Views
- 1 Comments
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74.
Elisa Rolle “Arthur C. Clarke”
- 2,203 Words
- 797 Views
- 3 Comments
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75.
Gregory Woods "Refuting Lies About Whitman’s Orientation"
- 130 Words
- 193 Views
- 0 Comments
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76.
James Lane Allen “I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep”
- 6,390 Words
- 236 Views
- 6 Comments
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77.
Axel Nissen “Entirely credible and honestly touching”
- 948 Words
- 269 Views
- 5 Comments
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78.
Bret Harte "Tennessee’s Partner"
- 3,750 Words
- 275 Views
- 4 Comments
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79.
Tom Cook "A Trans Pioneer"
- 952 Words
- 242 Views
- 4 Comments
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80.
Alexander Berkman "The Yegg"
- 2,558 Words
- 279 Views
- 2 Comments
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81.
Alexender Berkman "I feel just as you do"
- 3,485 Words
- 252 Views
- 5 Comments
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82.
Louis Stimac "We would never let it happen again"
- 282 Words
- 432 Views
- 5 Comments
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83.
Alexander Berkman " . . . a true, honest emotion . . . "
- 3,734 Words
- 259 Views
- 3 Comments
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84.
Alexander Berkman " . . . resurrection trembles within . . . "
- 5,288 Words
- 312 Views
- 2 Comments
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85.
Gary Nunn -- Monica Hingston's Story
- 32 Words
- 324 Views
- 6 Comments
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86.
Robert Peters "The Jollys"
- 1,123 Words
- 204 Views
- 4 Comments
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87.
Robert Peters "Fights and Carnivals"
- 1,216 Words
- 374 Views
- 4 Comments
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88.
Robin Jarvis Brownlie "Masahai Amatkwisai" a Two Spirit Point of View
- 877 Words
- 275 Views
- 8 Comments
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89.
Martin Curtler - An appeal for Justice for the Gay minority
- 5 Words
- 234 Views
- 3 Comments
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90.
Kim Addonizio "Preface to Persistent Voices"
- 491 Words
- 227 Views
- 5 Comments
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91.
AC Benus "Can you imagine?"
- 522 Words
- 303 Views
- 7 Comments
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92.
Victor Hugo "Claude loved Albin very much"
- 8,299 Words
- 394 Views
- 6 Comments
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93.
Norm Reed "Oh, really?"
- 588 Words
- 263 Views
- 8 Comments
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Norm Reed "A night at the baths"
- 1,157 Words
- 175 Views
- 2 Comments
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95.
Lesbians heroes vs. the Nazi regime
- 146 Words
- 167 Views
- 2 Comments
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96.
Notes on Farm Brother Couples
- 238 Words
- 214 Views
- 3 Comments
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97.
James Hormel, Junior "My Dad v. the Senate"
- 647 Words
- 302 Views
- 7 Comments
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98.
Dupath Manasikathwaya "Ananda Loved Gautham like a spouse"
- 201 Words
- 217 Views
- 5 Comments
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99.
Everett Cooper “Don’t tell me, because I don’t want my mind changed"
- 504 Words
- 186 Views
- 3 Comments
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T.P.E. Ryan "the disease of being straight"
- 87 Words
- 302 Views
- 6 Comments
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101.
1978 riff on the bandanna code
- 166 Words
- 296 Views
- 6 Comments
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102.
Unknown - "San Francisco Callboys"
- 1,020 Words
- 312 Views
- 5 Comments
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103.
Mark Thomson "Second-Class..."
- 147 Words
- 139 Views
- 3 Comments
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104.
"Gilgamesh leaves no son with his father"
- 393 Words
- 215 Views
- 7 Comments
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105.
Raymond de Becker “Enkidu watched over Gilgamesh as if his wife”
- 2,171 Words
- 187 Views
- 2 Comments
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106.
Leonard Bernstein – “My love for him is nerve-wracking and guts-tearing and wonderful”
- 476 Words
- 229 Views
- 6 Comments
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107.
Aurelius Polion letter to his partner Heron, circa 215 AD
- 500 Words
- 226 Views
- 7 Comments
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108.
A small survey of same-sex love in Japanese wartime accounts
- 3,018 Words
- 166 Views
- 6 Comments
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109.
Edward Slocum "Poets and Authors of the Eighteenth Century"
- 841 Words
- 95 Views
- 2 Comments
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