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Some of these, at least, are churches to which only men of the highest rank and ability are appointed and which can be suc- cessfully served only by such men. In these pastorates he has fully met all demands made upon him. He was elected as secre- tary of "The Christian Civic League of Maine" in the spring of
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1899, entered upon the work May Ist, and by lectures through- out the State, by promoting the formation and maintenance of local leagues, by editing The Christian Civic League Record, and by efficient personal influence has rendered the cause important service. For fourteen years he has been secretary of the Maine Annual Conference, and in 1892 was delegate to the Methodist Episcopal General Conference. On the 16th of July, 1878, he married Miss Livonia S. French of Solon, Maine. His children are Josie May, Lillian Eunice, Mary Eleanor, Emma Louise, Nicholas Luther, and William French. In 1902 he was elected president of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill and removed to that place.
Rev. Henry S. Burrage was born in Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 7, 1837. His parents resided later at Cambridge, Mass., Leomin- ster, Mass, and Roxbury, Mass. While in Roxbury, he attended the Chauncey Hall school, Boston. Afterward fitted for college at Pierce Academy, Middleboro, Mass. Entered Brown Univer- sity in 1857, and in 1861 was graduated, and entered the Newton Theological Institution. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in the 36th Mass. Vol. Infantry, served in this regiment as sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant and captain, served also as act- ing assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. Custer, Ist Brig. 2nd Div. 9th Army Corps, was made a major by brevet. Returned to Newton at the close of the war and completed his studies, graduating with the class of 1867. Went to Germany for the purpose of further study. After his return he became pastor of the Baptist church in Water- ville, Maine. Since January 1, 1870, he has been editor of Zion's Advocate, Portland, Maine. In 1883, he re- received the degree of D. D. from Brown University, was made a trustee of Brown University in 1889, and in 1901 he was transferred to its Board of Fellows, has been a trustee of both Colby College and Newton Theological Institution since 1881. He is the author of "Brown University in the Civil War," "The Anabaptists of Switzerland," "Baptist Hymn Writers and Their Hymns," "History of the Baptists of New England," and various other works. Also of numerous historical and religious papers. For more than twenty-five years he has been recording secretary of the Maine Baptist Missionary Convention and of the
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American Baptist Missionary Union, is recorder of the Maine Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, secretary of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Maine, secretary of the Maine Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and chairman of the standing committee of the Maine Historical Society. He married (first) Caroline Champlin, only daughter of Rev. Dr. J. T. Champlin and (sec- ond) Ernestine Marie Giddings, daughter of Mr. Moses Gid- dings of Bangor. There are two children by his first wife, Champlin and Thomas Jayne, and two by his second wife, Mil- dred Giddings and Madeleine.
Father Narcisse Charland was born August 10, 1848, in Rich- mond, Richmond Co., Province of Quebec. He began his school life in the common schools of his birthplace; continued it in St. Francis College and Nicolet College (both in Nicolet, P. Q.) : and completed it in Grand Seminary (Theological) at Three Rivers, P. Q. He received from the Arts College on graduation the degree of B. A. and from the Theological on grad- uating from it the degree of B. D. He is the author of a pam- phlet entitled "Ladies of St. Anne." The history of the Catholic church in this place is largely a biography of Father Charland and the reader is referred for further information to the chapter on the churches in Waterville.1
Rev. Sylvanus Cobb, D. D., widely known in his last years as "Father Cobb," was born at Norway, Maine, in 1799, and was ordained to the Universalist ministry with a Mr. Frost and Wm. A. Drew, at a meeting of the Eastern Association of Universal- ists, holden in Winthrop in 1821, and at once began his ministry in Waterville (see hist. of the church). While here he preached in West Waterville and neighboring towns about one half the time and completed a course of doctrinal lectures (published as Cobb's Compound of Divinity) which was widely read and influential. Leaving Waterville he lived until his death (Oct. 31, 1866,) in Boston and vicinity. He was the author of a "Commentary on the New Testament." He had editorial charge of various denominational papers and magazines and wrote
1. The Sillery Mission at which the Catholic refugees from the Kennebec gath- ered was finally moved to the opposite side of the St. Lawrence, a few miles up the Chaudiere, and called "The Mission of St. Francis de Sales." Very appropri- ately therefore does the Catholic church in Waterville bear this name.
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largely for the periodical press. Tufts College conferred upon him the honorary degree of D. D. in recognition of his scholarship and distinguished services.
Rev. Albert D. Dodge, son of Alvin and Emily (Boyd) Dodge, was born Jan. II, 1859, in Monroe, Waldo Co .; fitted for college in Maine Central Institute ; was graduated from the Theological department of Bates College in 1886; has been pastor of Free Baptist churches in Cape Elizabeth 1856-'58; Clinton Village 1888-'93; Amesbury, Mass. 1893-'99 Waterville, Me. (society and church successively) 1899 to the present time. In securing additions to the membership and material equipment of churches served le has been successful signaby co in Amesbury, Mass. He married Miss Helen Eugenia Lamb Dec. 31, 1881 ; has one child, William L .; and resides in Waterville at No. 3, High street.
Rev. Albert Teelc Dunn, D. D. was born in Fairfax, Vt., May 6, 1850, the son of Rev. Lewis A. and Lucy (Teele) Dunn. He was graduated at the New Hampton Institution, Fairfax, Vt., Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y., in the class of 1873 and Newton Theological Institution in 1878. He was ordained as pastor of the Baptist church at East Poultney, Vt., July 30, 1873. After important pastorates at Stoughton St. church, Boston, and at the Free St., Portland, he became corres- ponding secretary of the Maine Baptist Missionary Convention, and removed to Waterville in Nov. 1889. Dr. Dunn was mar- ried June 24, 1873, to Gertrude A. Cottrell, and after her death to Elizabeth F. Walker of Boston, July 30, 1884. They have two sons, Lewis Walker and Fred Ballentyne. In addition to the important denominational work for which he is responsible, Dr. Dunn has been prominently identified with the Interdenomina- tional Commission, the Maine Sunday School Association and is president of the Maine Bible Society. He is a member of the First Bapt. church and of the Masonic order.
Rev. Calvin Gardner was born in Hingham, Mass., Aug. 29, 1798, and was a son of Samuel and Chloe (Whiton) Gardner. He attended the public schools in Hingham, became first a mechanic and later, in 1825, entered the Universalist ministry. He was ordained as pastor of the Charlestown, Mass., Universal- ist church June 22 ; April 11, 1827, became pastor of a church in
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Duxbury, Mass., and in 1830 came to Waterville with his family and was pastor of the Universalist society until 1853. He then went to Provincetown, Mass., for two years. In 1855 he returned to Waterville not, however, as pastor. He made this his home until his death, which occurred March 26, 1865, preach- ing as opportunity offered and caring for his land. A large num- ber of his sermons were published in the denominational papers and one in pamphlet form. For a few years he was associate editor of The Gospel Banner. In 1841, on leave of absence granted by his church, he spent a few months of the summer and early autumn in trying to raise $50,000 to establish and endow a theological seminary to be located on what is now the site of Tufts College. The encouragement did not warrant a continuance of the effort. His first wife was Mary, daughter of Percy and Mary (Bowker) Whiting of Hingham, Mass., who died sud- denly Sept. 2, 1832, in Lowell, Mass., in the 31st year of her age ; his second wife, Julia Ann Hasty of Waterville, died in 1891. His children were, by his first wife, Mary Whiting, who married William Graham Cutler of Dexter, and died in Chicago; by his second wife, Ann Estella, who married Franklin Smith and died April 19, 1901, in Waterville.
Rev. Edward Hawes, D. D. began his public life as pastor of the Waterville Congregational church. His extraordinary suc- cess in this position (see sketch of the church's history) would alone entitle him to a special notice in this chapter, but that suc- cess was only an earnest of that which has attended him to this day. He perhaps brought with him by inheritance from his father, Rev. Josiah Taylor Hawes, an honored Congregational minister and pastor, a hereditary bias toward the profession for which certainly the home influences were constantly preparing him even before his own adoption of it by a final choice. He was born in Topsham, Maine, midway between Auburn, where he fitted for college in the Academy and Brunswick, where he took his college course in Bowdoin, graduating in 1855. To the degree of A. B. then given him in course was added by his alma mater in 1884 the honorary degree of D. D. From Bowdoin he went to Bangor Theological Seminary where he was graduated in 1858 and at once came to the Waterville church as pastor. Called to the Central Congregational church in Philadelphia,
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Pa., in 1864, he won for himself and the church a most honorable recognition from the Presbyterian brotherhood which until then had not been over cordial to the weak congregationalism of that city. His subsequent pastorates have been in New Haven, Conn., and in Burlington, Vt. He now resides in Hartford, Conn., and is the secretary of the Congregational Relief Fund.
Roswell Dwight Hitchcock, D. D., LL. D. although not strictly one of the pastors of the Waterville Congregational church yet for one year 1844-'45) supplied its pulpit. Born in East Machias, Maine, Aug. 15, 1817, he entered the sophomore class in Amherst College in 1833, was graduated in 1836 and after one year as principal of Jaffrey (N. H.) Academy, and two years of theological study, he served as tutor three years in Amherst College (1839-'42). He spent the next two years as resident licentiate at Andover Theological Seminary whence he came directly to Waterville. Ordained and installed as pastor of the First Congregational church in Exeter, N. H., Nov. 19, 1845, he remained there until 1852, though absent for study in Halle and Berlin one year ( 1847-'48) of his pastorate. During 1852-'55 he was Collins Professor of Natural and Revealed Religion in Bow- doin College, and from 1855 until his death (June 16, 1887) was connected with Union Theological Seminary as Washburn Pro- fessor of Church History, and also, from 1880, as president. He received from Bowdoin in 1855 the degree of D. D. and from Willianis the degree of LL. D. in 1873. He contributed many articles, mostly on church history, to the Presbyterian Quarterly and to the American Theological Review, being from 1863 to 1870 one of its assistant editors. He published numerous essays, orations, addresses and sermons, also "The Life, Character and Writings of Edward Robinson," (1836) and "A Complete Analysis of the Bible," (1869). He edited (with Drs. Eddy and Schaff) "Hymns and Songs of Praise," and "Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship."
Rev. Ammi S. Ladd, D. D. was born in Phillips, Me., June 17, 1835, is a graduate of Kent's Hill Seminary, in 1873 received from Colby University the honorary degree of A. M., has been the successful pastor of Methodist churches in Waterville, Bath, Bangor, Biddeford and Portland, and holds the office of presid- ing elder. He is now living with his third wife, Helen M.
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(Osgood) Ladd and has two children, Lydia and Annie. His residence is Brunswick, Maine.
Rev. Alberi A. Lewis, son of Ammon Lewis, was born in Orono, Me., June 15, 1853. He prepared for college in the Orono High School, and in 1876 was graduated from the Univer- sity of Maine with the degree of B. S. He has been the pastor of Methodist churches in the following towns of this State : Sebec, Houlton, Winterport, Brewer, Bath, Saco, Gardiner and Water- ville and is still pastor of the Waterville church. He has also filled the offices of teacher and superintendent of public schools. He married Miss Eva A. Baker of Orrington, Me., April 24, 1878, and has one child, Leon G.
Rev. Henry Codman Leonard, son of Samuel and Cynthia (Claggett) Leonard, was born April 25, 1818, in Northwood, N. H .; studied theology with Rev. Henry Bacon in Haverhill in 1838-'40; was ordained in Salem, Mass., July 21, 1841 ; was pas- tor at Rockland, Me., 1842-'46; at Orono, Me., 1847-'54; at Waterville, Me., 1847-'54 ; served as chaplain first of Third Regt. Me. Vol. Infantry ; second of First Me. Heavy Artillery, 1861- '64; resided in Albany, N. Y., 1865-'68; in Philadelphia, Pa., 1869-'71 ; in Pigeon Cove, Mass., 1872 to his death, March 7, 1880. For the two years, 1873-'74, however, he was at Deering, Me., as professor of English Literature in Westbrook Seminary. While at Pigeon Cove he supplied regularly the pulpit of the An- nisquam church, Gloucester, until his health failed in 1879. He wrote two books, the first "A Sheaf from a Pastor's Field," Bos- ton, 1856, 12 mo. pp 384; the second, "Pigeon Cove and Vicin- ity," Boston, 1873, 16 mo. pp viii, 193. For a time in 1860 he was editor of The Gospel Banner. He had fine poetic gifts and contributed to The Knickerbocker Magazine; The National Era ; and The Universalist Ladies' Repository. He married, Sept. 14, 1845; Miss Adelia D. Norwood of Pigeon Cove, Mass., who bore to him two daughters. He was at once amiable and able, respected and loved.
George Dickson Lindsay, the son of John and Mary Lindsay, was born in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland. He was educated in the Methodist Connexional School, and the Methodist College, in Dublin and in part by private tutors. He early showed rare business talent and secured
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in a wholesale tea-store a splendid position. It was his purpose to give his life to business and the prospect of success was flattering. Converted at the age of 21, he soon felt himself urgently called of God to the gospel ministry, and at once gave himself with characteristic energy and singleness of aim to preparation for this work. Coming early to this country and to this State his rare gifts and noble character were speedily recognized. He was appointed to the pastorate of the most important churches in his conference and in each appointment save the last, which was cut short by his final sickness, his pastor- ates were limited in time only by the rules of the denomination. He was a clear, strong, instructive and inspiring preacher, a laboriously faithful pastor, a public spirited citizen, and a wise, practical business manager. He at one time or another held every office of trust in the gift of his conference except that of presiding elder, which he declined to accept, belonged to the Free Masons and Odd Fellows fraternities, was chaplain of the Grand lodge of the Free Masons, was president of the Maine Chautauqua Union, and gave many lectures on various topics throughout Maine and occasionally elsewhere. He died in Waterville, Oct. 25, 1901, leaving a widow and four children.
Rev. Edward Lester Marsh, the present pastor of the Con- gregational church in Waterville, was born in Leicester, Mass., May 19, 1865. His parents (George E. and Mandana E. Marsh) heartily encouraged and cooperated with him in his pre- paration for his life work. He completed his preparation for college in his native town, graduating from Leices- ter Academy in 1884. He took his college course in Amherst, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1888; completed the Yale Divinity School course in 1891 (B. D.) and during the year fol- lowing was a graduate student in Andover Theological Seminary. He has completed, as yet. only one pastorate, that of the Congre- gational church in Yarmouth, Mass., where he was ordained in 1892. He resigned the Yarmouth pastorate in 1897 and at once accepted his present position. He has identified himself sym- pathetically and helpfully with all that makes for the city's wel- fare but without loss of devotion to the interests of his own church and society and the wider interests of his denomination throughout the State. He married on the 28th of November,
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1893, Miss Mary Eliza Jenkins, and has two children, Elizabeth White and Mandana. His residence is 9 Park Street.
Rev. George Bruce Nicholson, son of Orland H. and Carrie O. Nicholson was born in Boston, Mass., 1862 He attended the Boston public schools, afterward preparing for college at the Academy at Graceville, N. Y. After graduating from that insti- tution, he returned to Boston, where he was engaged in business for more than ten years during which time he was married to Adelaide Smith, also of Boston. In 1885, he became conscious of a vocation to the Sacred Ministry, and offered himself to Bishop Neely of Maine as a candidate for Holy Orders. He pur- sued theological studies under direction of designated priests in Boston, and after passing Canonical examinations was ordained by Bishop Neely, as deacon in Dec. 1891, and priest in Sept. 1893. He served seven years in Aroostook county, with residence at Fort Fairfield, was dean of the Convocation of Aroostook from its inception until he removed from the county, and was superin- tendent of the Fort Fairfield public schools during the last four years of residence there. He has been rector of St. Mark's Waterville, since Nov. 1899.
1 George Dana Boardman Pepper, D. D., LL. D., was born in Ware, Mass., Feb. 5, 1833, the son of John and Eunice (Hutch- inson) Pepper. He was educated in Williston Seminary, East- hampton, Mass., at Amherst College where he was graduated in 1857, and at Newton Theological Institution, finishing the full course in 1860. He was ordained as pastor of the First Baptist church of Waterville, Sept. 6, 1860. The same year he was married to Miss Annie Grassie of Bolton, Mass. After an able and successful pastorate in Waterville covering the period of the Civil War, Mr. Pepper resigned in 1865 to become Prof. of Eccles- iastical History at Newton Theological Institution. He remained until 1868 when he became Prof. of Systematic Theology at Cro- zer Theological Seminary which position he acceptably and hon- orably filled for fifteen years. In 1882 he became President of Colby and Prof. of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. During the years of his presidency he was revered for his character and ability and loved for his kindliness of heart. From '90 to '92 he
1. Sketch written by E. C. W.
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was acting pastor of the Saco Baptist church; in the latter year he returned to Waterville as Prof. of Biblical Literature at Colby, holding the position until 1900. These are the mere outlines of a career as educator which has been remarkably and widely influ- ential and useful. Dr. Pepper has published "Outlines of System- atic Theology," also sermons and addresses and a very large number of essays and reviews in the leading magazines. His writing has been mostly on theological and ethical lines. He contributes to this volume the chapter on the churches of Water- ville, also biographical sketches of the ministers of the city. Dr. Pepper received the degree of D. D. from Colby in 1867 and from Amherst in 1882. From Lewisburg University he received the degree of LL.D. in 1882 and from Colby the same degree in 1890. The children of Dr. and Mrs. Pepper are Charles Hovey, the artist, of Concord, Mass., Jessie Elizabeth, wife of Prof. F. W. Padelford of the University of Washington, and Annie Hutchin- son, wife of Prof. Everett W. Varney of Philadelphia.
Rev. Arthur G. Pettengill, son of Elisha and Elizabeth J. C. (Eaton) Pettengill, was born in Brewer, Me., Oct. 30, 1858. He is a graduate of the Brewer High school, of Bowdoin College and of Yale Divinity School in which he also took one year of gradu- ate work (1887-'88). From the college he received the degree of A. B. and from the Divinity School that of B. D. He has had pastorates in Warren, Me., 2nd Cong. ch., 1885-'87, in St. Cloud, Minn., Ist Cong. ch. 1889-'90, Hyde Park, Mass., Unit. Soc., 1895-'99, and in Waterville, Me., 1900 to the present. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. On the 30th of June, 1896, he married Miss Bertha F. Capen by whom he has three child- ren, Miriam, Rodney G. and Richard E. His residence is on Dalton Street.
Rev. J. Frank Rhoades is a son of Rev. Jabez and Mary A. (Mills) Rhoades, and was born in Auburn, N. Y. He prepared for college in the Auburn schools and was graduated from the Iowa Central University. He began his public life as a teacher. For several years he owned and managed Versailles Academy, Versailles, Mo., and for some years with his wife as assistant teacher, had charge of Geneva Academy, Geneva, Kan. He served in the Civil War as surgeon's steward on board the gun- boat Gammage No. 60, Miss. Squadron, and has been pastor of
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the following Universalist churches : Seneca, Kan., Blue Island, (Chicago) Ill., Barre, Vt., Bellows Falls, Vt., Biddeford, Fair- field and Waterville, Me. In 1863 he married Miss Elvira L. Keith of White Rock, Ill., and has one child, Mrs. Louise Carlossa (Rhoades) Purnelle.
Rev. Josiah Lafayette Seward, S. T. D., son of David and Arvilla (Mathews) Seward, was born in Sullivan, N. H., April 17, 1845. He was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1864: from Harvard University with degree of A. B. in 1868, taking the degree of A. M. in 1871; from Harvard Divinity School with degree of S. T. B. in 1874, receiving in 1898 from Colby University the degree of S. T. D. ; was ordained as pastor over the Unitarian church and society of Lowell, Mass., Dec. 31, 1874; and was pastor of the First Unit. Soc. and church in Waterville, Me., Aug. 1, 1888-Nov. 5, 1893; of Unity church, Boston, Mass. (Allston District) 1893-'99, since which time he has been engaged in teaching and literary work. He has done valuable work as a director of Lowell's City Library and of the School Board of Waterville : has written reports and articles for periodicals, and is now writing "A History of Sullivan, N. H., to Its 20th Century." He has never married and his present resi- dence is 47 Emerald street, Keene, N. H.
Rev. Benjamin Franklin Share, D. D., son of Josiah and Tabitha (Watson) Shaw, was born in Gorham, Me., Oct. 26, 1814. He entered Waterville College in 1833, a member of the class of 1837. In consequence of some class difficulty with the faculty, several left for other colleges. Young Shaw went to Dartmouth and was graduated from that college in 1837 but was afterward enrolled among the graduates of Waterville College, so that his name stands with the class of 1837 in Colby's General Catalogue. This college also honored him with the honorary degrees of A. M. in 1871 and of D. D. in 1872. In 1870 he was made a member of its board of trustees and retained his place on the board until his death. He studied theology one year in the Newton Theological Institution, 1839-'40, and was ordained to the gospel ministry in 1843. He was the pastor of Baptist churches successively (and always successfully ) in China, Liberty, Thomaston, Waterville, Dexter and Skowhegan, all in Maine, served a period as missionary of the Maine Baptist Convention,
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and in this relation often also as occasional or permanent supply in other churches did much valuable work. He loved his own State and refused flattering calls to important churches elsewhere, He loved especially to work among the smaller churches though having ample power to serve the larger. Dr. Shaw became pastor of the First Baptist church in Waterville in 1867 and after that until his death (Feb. 23, 1897,) resided here. The last years were years of a painful sickness, but of unimpaired strength of mind. He married Miss Mary J. Pratt about 1841. Their children are Ellen O. now Mrs. George F. Hunt of Newton, Mass, Maria, now Mrs. Frank A. Washburne of Thomaston, Me., Addie F., who was the wife of F. B. Philbrick, and Frank Kingsbery, now judge of the Waterville Municipal court.
David Newton Sheldon was born June 26, 1807, at Suffield, Conn., the son of David and Elizabeth (Hall) Sheldon. He was fitted for college at Westfield, Mass., entered Williams College in the sophomore class, and graduated in 1830 with the valedic- tory oration. He was a tutor one year at Williams College, 1831-'32. He studied theology at Newton Theological Institu- tion, 1832-'35, graduating in 1835 and being ordained as a Bap- tist minister the same year. He was married in Chelsea, Mass .; Oct. 15, 1835, to Rachel Hobart Ripley, who was born in Boston and came of early colonial and Huguenot ancestry. She was a daughter of John and Jane ( Molineux) Ripley. Oct. 25, 1835, they sailed for France, where he was a Baptist missionary, most of the time in Paris, but for about six months of 1839 in Donai. They returned to this country in the latter part of 1839. He was pastor of the Granville St., Baptist church, Halifax, N. S., from May 16, 1840, to Nov. 5, 1841, and came to Waterville, Maine, May 14, 1842, and was pastor of the Baptist church one year, meanwhile giving instruction in French in the college. From 1843 to 1853 he was president of Waterville College and Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy; received the degree of D. D. from Brown University in 1847, and was a mem- ber of the board of trustees, of Waterville College, 1853-1889. In 1853 he removed with his family to Bath, Maine, where he was for about three years pastor of the Baptist church. He then became pastor of the Uni- tarian church in Bath, and in 1862 returned to Water-
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