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ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH, NEW YORK.
This parish was organized July 26, 1830. The corner- stone was laid July 29, 1830, and the church completed and consecrated May 5, 1831. Much pecuniary assistance was rendered to the parish by the Hon. Samuel Bayard, of New Jersey, father of its first rector. The rectors have been : Rev. Lewis Pintard Bayard, D.D., 1830, died September 2, 1840; Rev. Edward N. Mead, D.D., 1841-1847 ; Rev. Caleb S. Henry, D.D., 1847-1850, and Rev. Theodore A. Eaton, D.D., since December, 1850, rector of the parish. There are re- corded, 1,833 baptisms, and 775 have received confirmation. The present number of communicants is 175. The wardens in 1830 were: Frederick Babcock and Benjamin Hide; in 1840, William S. Popham and William I. Lane; in 1850, George Draper and Sinclair Tousey ; in 1860, George Draper and George Buckley, Jr. ; in 1870, John Buckley, Jr., and Peter J. Shults, and in 1880, Eugene Dutilh and Peter J. Shults.
When St. Clement's Church was built it was surrounded by the private residences of many of the most respectable and wealthy families of New York, some of whom were its par- ishioners. About thirty-seven years ago, a movement of the population towards the upper part of the city began, and has been going on ever since; the effect of which has been to weaken the parish numerically and financially. The former homes of these families have become either factories, stores, restaurants, liquor saloons, or tenement houses. The present population consists largely of foreigners, chiefly French, Ger- mans, and Italians ; a class of people whom the Church can reach, if she reach them at all, only by missionaries speaking their respective languages. The vacancies in the congrega- tion occasioned by the death or removal of former parish- ioners, able to support the church, are not filled with others of like ability ; and it is probable that the parish would have long since died, but for a small endowment bequeathed to it, some forty years ago, by one of its communicants. At no time has the revenue been sufficient for the current expenses.
These changes are the chief causes of the serious difficul-
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ties under which St. Clement's is now laboring ; namely, diminished and constantly diminishing revenue and the de- preciation in value of the site of the church edifice, with no prospect of any change for the better in either of these re- respects ; while its unfavorable locality, on a narrow street, closely shut in by adjacent buildings, and the disturbance of the services by the incessant passing of the cars of both an elevated and a surface railway, within twenty feet of its doors, must prevent St. Clement's Church from ever being an at- tractive place of worship, and prove serious obstacles to its growth and prosperity. For all these reasons the outlook, as regards its future, is very discouraging.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH, NEW YORK.
This parish was incorporated May 9, 1831. The first church was consecrated February 4, 1832, and the present edifice, February 22, 1838. The rectors have been Rev. Ben- jamin I. Haight, D.D., 1831-1834; Rev. Thomas Pyne, 1834- 1836; Rev. Hugh Smith, D.D., 1836-1848; Rev. E. H. Can- field, D.D., 1850-1852, and Rev. Alfred B. Beach, D.D., since 1853, and present incumbent. A rectory was built on grounds adjoining the church in 1839. Two large buildings for Sun- day school and other parish uses have been erected, one in 1854, and the other in 1870, during the rectorship of Dr. Beach. The number of baptisms recorded is 5,416, and 1,648 persons have received confirmation. The present number of communicants is 480. The wardens in 1831 were: Reuben Spencer and Clement C. Moore ; in 1841, Clement C. Moore and James N. Wells ; in 1851, Joseph Tucker and James N. Wells ; in 1861, Morris Franklin and Frederick W. Welch- man; in 1871, James N. Wells and George P. Quackenbos, LL.D., and in 1881, George P. Quackenbos, LL.D., and E. Holbrook Cushman.
TRINITY CHURCH, SAUGERTIES,
Was organized in February, 1831, and the church was built during the same year. The succession of rectors stands as follows : the Rev. Reuben Sherwood, 1831-1835 ; Rev. Cicero
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S. Hawks, 1835-1837; Rev. Ravaud Kearney, 1837-1838 ; Rev. Hiram Adams, 1838-1848 ; Rev. Edwin A. Nichols, 1848- 1856; Rev. William J. Lynd, 1856-1859; Rev. John Jacob Robertson, 1859-1880, and Rev. Thomas Cole, 1880, present incumbent. The first rectory was built in 1831. A new one was provided in 1884. A Sunday-school room was added in 1875, during the rectorship of Dr. Robertson. Since organiza- tion, 722 have received baptism, and 262 have been confirmed. The present number of communicants is 126. The wardens in 1831 were: Henry Barclay and John W. Kearney ; in 1841, Henry Barclay and Stephen Kellogg; in 1851, Henry Barclay and John W. Kearney ; 1861, Dr. John Goldsmith and Cor- nelius Battelle; in 1871, Cornelius Battelle and Hobart Bogardus, and in 1881, the same.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, KINGSTON .*
This parish was admitted into union with the Convention in 1832. The rector in 1885 was Rev. C. William Camp, and the wardens, Charles D. Bruyn and Edward Winter ; there were 269 communicants.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, CASTLETON,
Was organized March II, 1833. The first church edifice was opened July 3, 1834. The present edifice was completed and opened September 29, 1866. The rectors have been : Rev. Francis H. Cuming, 1833-1834; Rev. Wm. P. Custis, Au- gust 1, 1834, and died August 21; Rev. Wm. H. Walter, 1835-1838 ; Rev. Amos D. McCoy, 1839, October 1-9; Rev. Wm. Walton, 1839-1843 ; Rev. Gordon Winslow, 1844-1852 ; Rev. Charles A. Maison, 1852-1857; Rev. John W. Moore, 1859, February 24 to September 13; Rev. Edward H. Cressey, D.D., 1859-1861; Rev. Thomas W. Punett, 1861-1875; Rev. Charles B. Coffin, 1875, May 23, died, July 9 ; Rev. Al- bert U. Stanley, 1875-1882, and since July 1, 1882, Rev. Henry N. Wayne, present incumbent.
An admirable stone rectory was built on the church grounds in 1866, during the rectorship of Rev. T. W. Pu- nett. Since organization, 1,705 baptisms are recorded, and
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664 have received confirmation. The present number of communicants is 276. The wardens, by decades, have been : Henry Drisler and Richard Cary in 1833; Archibald Gordon and Caleb T. Ward, in 1843; George Catlin and Albert Ward in 1853 ; Albert Ward and John T. Hedley in 1863; Albert Ward and Samuel Roosevelt in 1873 ; and F. U. Johnston, M.D., and R. W. Gordon in 1883.
As stated above, the original title of the parish was St. Paul's Church, Castleton. In 1866, the then senior warden, Albert Ward, began the building of the second church edifice as a memorial to a sister. Upon its completion the corpo- rate name was changed to St. Paul's Memorial Church, Edge- water. The parish is possessed of a fine stone church, Gothic in design, and an admirable rectory architecturally in keeping -both occupying a generous plot of ground which commands one of the most extensive and delightful landscape views to be had on Staten Island. It is most advantageously placed in the neighborhood of a rapidly growing population, which will undoubtedly be greatly increased by the projected im- provements lately undertaken for opening up the island and promoting both settlement and commercial enterprise.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH, LITHGOW,
Was organized May 12, 1801. The first edifice was built in 1833; the present in 1881, to which a recess chancel was added in 1885.
During the first thirty-two years of its existence the church depended upon the ministrations of neighboring clergymen.
The Rev. Hiram Jelliff was rector, 1834-1841 ; Sheldon Davis, 1841-1843 ; Samuel J. Evans, 1844-1846; Homer Whea- ton, 1847-1854 ; Samuel K. Miller, 1855-1862 ; Eugene C. Pat- tison, 1863-1868 ; Joseph E. Lindholm, 1869-1872; Henry N. Wayne, 1872-1874 ; John C. S. Weills, 1876-1878 ; Robert B. Van Kleeck, 1878; John Henry Nimmo, 1878-1881 ; John C. S. Weills, 1881 to date.
A rectory was purchased in 1866. There are recorded 169 baptisms and 98 confirmed, but there are no parish records for the first thirty-eight years.
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In 1834 there were 13 communicants ; in 1840, 24 ; in 1850, 26; in 1860, 22 ; in 1870, 18; in 1880, 19; and at present the number is 44.
The wardens were : in 1801, Elijah Prindle and Ebenezer Benham; in 1834, John Fitch and Elon Northrop; in 1840, John Fitch and Lindley Preston ; in 1850, Cyrus Hammond and N. H. Haviland ; in 1860, the same ; in 1870, Cyrus Ham- mond, and a vacancy; in 1880, Homer Fitch and Artemus E. Sackett ; and in 1886, the same.
This is one of the oldest religious organizations in eastern Dutchess County, and is said to have existed under royal charter. The Rev. Philander Chase, subsequently Bishop of Ohio, and afterwards of Illinois, but then rector of Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, held occasional services in the vicinity of Lithgow in 1800 and 1801. In 1806 an acre of ground was deeded to the parish by David Johnston, for the erection of a church, and for a burial place. In 1832, under the direction of the Rev. G. B. Andrews, then rector of Zion's Church, Wappinger's Falls, a subscription was made for the erection of the church, which took place in 1833. This was destroyed by fire in 1880, and rebuilt the following year. The old site was enlarged, was set apart for a burying ground, and has been placed under the management of a Cemetery Committee, and all moneys received are funded and allowed to accumu- late as a permanent fund, the interest of which shall maintain the grounds in proper order. In 1882 the rectory was remodeled, enlarged, and improved. During the past year a recess chancel has been added to the church, and the vestry room has been more than doubled in size, and is intended as the rector's study, as well as a robing room. A window has been placed in the chancel in memory of one of the first wardens, Mr. John Fitch, and his wife.
ZION CHURCH, WAPPINGER'S FALLS.
In the year 1820, Mrs. Mathew Mesier collected a few children for Christian instruction, and the first meeting place was under an apple tree which stood on the ground now oc- cupied by the parish building, adjoining the church. The
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corner-stone of a church was laid, and two years after was completed and consecrated by Bishop Onderdonk. The date of organization is not given.
In 1833, the Rev. G. B. Andrews assumed charge of the parish, laboring with steady success until 1865, when his declin- ing health and burden of years led the vestry to call as his as- sistant Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee. August 20, 1875, Dr. Andrews entered into rest in his ninetieth year and the forty-second of his rectorship. The Rev. Mr. Satterlee was made rector September 3, 1875, serving with great faithfulness the spiritual interests of the growing parish, opening up and carrying for- ward many new activities which have become permanent. After a ministry of seventeen years, he was called to Cal- vary Church, New York, February 9, 1883. The present in- cumbent, Rev. J. Nevett Steele, succeeded to the rectorship.
There is a large parish building for Sunday-school and parish purposes. It is expected that a rectory will be built during the current year, as the funds are collected and plans are under consideration.
Since organization there have been 1,418 baptisms, and 782 have received confirmation. The present number of communicants is about 500.
The wardens in 1833 were : Matthew Mesier and Benjamin Clapp; in 1846, James Ingham and Philip Van Rensselaer ; in 1853, Henry Mesier and Philip S. Van Rensselaer ; in 1862, Henry Mesier and George Barclay; in 1875, Henry Mesier and Josiah Faulkner ; and in 1885, Irving Grinnell and Henry Reese. A mission is sustained at New Hamburgh.
ZION CHURCH, GREENBURGH.
This parish was organized October 14, 1833, at what was then named Dobb's Ferry. The church was built and con- secrated May 20, 1834. It was enlarged in 1854, and again in 1870. The rectors have been : Rev. Alexander H. Crosby, 1833-1834; Rev. Edward N. Mead, 1834-1836 ; Rev. William Creighton, D.D., 1836-1846; Rev. Grant Heyer, 1847-1851 ; Rev. William A. Mc Vickar, missionary in charge from July 19,
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1852, and rector, 1853-1859 ; Rev. J. Henry Williams, 1859- 1865 ; Rev. George Bickham Reese, 1865-1885 ; and since July 1, 1885, Rev. Jacob LeRoy has been rector, and is present incumbent. A rectory was purchased in 1866 and enlarged and improved in 1883. Zion Chapel, at Hastings- on-Hudson, was erected during the ministry of Rev. George B. Reese. The corner-stone was laid in October, 1867, and the building completed in the summer of 1868. The bap- tisms recorded are 423, and 201 have received confirmation. The present number of communicants is 162. The names of the wardens by decades, are: in 1833, Joseph Howland and Oscar Irving; in 1835, Joseph Howland and Vanbrugh Livingston ; in 1845, Joseph A. Constant and E. W. Wal- grove ; in 1855, E. W. Walgrove and Robert B. Minturn ; in 1865, Shadrach Taylor and Edwin Croswell; in 1875, Shad- rach Taylor and John B. Kitching, and in 1885, Augustine Smith and David B. Williamson.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, SING SING,
Was organized November 11, 1833, and the church was built in 1835. The rectors have been: Rev. Edward N. Mead, 1834-1839; Rev. Charles F. Halsey, 1839-1846; Rev. Charles Tomes, 1846-1847; Rev. William F. Halsey, 1847-1856; Rev. J. H. Black, 1857-1863; Rev. James I. Helm, D.D., 1863 to October 16, 1880, when he died, and since July 15, 1881, Rev. A. B. Jennings, now rector. The rectory was built in 1864. Since organization, 921 baptisms are recorded, and 448 have received confirmation. In 1833, there were 7 communicants; in 1843, 73; in 1853, 82; in 1863, 120; in 1873, 178; in 1883, 200, and the present number is 225. The wardens at the organization were: Caleb Bacon and George W. Cartwright ; in 1844, John Strong and Samuel C. Nichols; in 1854, Samuel C. Nichols and John Strong; in 1864, John Strong and Samuel C. Nichols ; in 1874, Samuel C. Nichols and Marcius L. Cobb, and in 1884, Marcius L. Cobb and John W. Mulholland.
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ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, POUGHKEEPSIE,
Was organized, September 28, 1835. The first edifice was completed June, 1837 ; and the second was erected and con- secrated in 1873.
The first rector was the Rev. T. W. Hatch, who entered upon his duties in June, 1836, and resigned October, 1842. The Rev. Mr. Hart ministered in the parish until the Rev. Philip E. Milledoler became rector at Easter, 1843. He re- signed in July, 1845, and was succeeded by Rev. Albert D. Traver, D.D., September, 1845, assuming the duty November 1, 1846. He resigned November 1, 1866. February 24, 1867, Rev. Stephen H. Synnott became rector, and resigned April 8, 1885. The present incumbent, Rev. Frank Heathfield, was made rector May 1, 1885.
A rectory was purchased in 1863. There is an admirable Sunday-school building connected with the church, erected in 1883, during the ministry of Rev. S. H. Synnott. The state of the parish records makes it impossible to give the number of communicants by decades, and there is no existing record of baptisms, confirmations and communicants for the first eight years of parish history, i. e., from 1835 to 1843. Since the latter date there are 902 baptisms recorded, and 464 have received confirmation. The present number of com- municants is 275.
In 1840 the wardens were: John Delafield and George P. Oakley ; in 1850, Samuel Currie and Jacob Bockée ; in 1860, Samuel Currie and Elias Trivett; in 1870, Jacob Bockée, M.D., and Winthrop Atwill; in 1880, Jacob Bockée, M.D., and George B. Lent; in 1886, Joseph M. Cleaveland, M.D., and Robert F. Wilkinson.
The church is situated at the center of a populous district, quite a distance from any other church edifice. It stands overlooking a large, well-wooded square, thrown open to the public, the deeds for which rest in the vestry of St. Paul's. The church is Gothic in design, admirably built of stone, with sittings for 400. Several mural tablets and excellent stained windows adorn the interior. The large chancel window
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commemorates the life and ministry of Rev. Albert D. Traver, D.D., rector from 1846 to 1866.
The Sunday-school building, which is partly two stories in height, and remarkable for the beauty of its windows and interior wood-work, will accommodate about 250 scholars, be- sides furnishing ample rooms for the library and the infant class. This is a gift to the parish from the munificent bounty of Mrs. Cornelia D. Atwill, who also provided a very large part of the cost of the new church. The ministry of the Rev. S. H. Synnott (1867-1885) was signalized by the erection of all the present edifices-a complete and beautiful pro- vision for all parish work.
On the 28th of September, 1885, this parish completed the first half century of its existence, and on Thanksgiving Day of the same year Dr. Jacob Bockée, senior warden, entered into rest. He was connected with the parish almost from its organization, having entered its vestry in 1844.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH, NEW YORK .*
This parish was admitted into union with the Convention of the diocese in 1835. At that time Rev. Charles V. Kelly was rector and there were 71 communicants. He was suc- ceeded by Rev. Lewis P. W. Balch, who first reported as rector in the diocesan Journal of 1838. In the Journal for 1851 Rev. Samuel Cooke is first mentioned as rector and has remained in the position until the present. The diocesan report for 1885 is as follows: "Rev. Samuel Cooke, D.D., rector ; Rev. Frederick Clampett, assistant minister. Families and parts of families, 240; number of souls, 1,000. Baptisms, 7 ; marriages, 7; burials, 10; communicants, 450." There are no other data available. The old church stood near the lower end of Lafayette Place, east side. About ten years ago the parish removed to the new and costly edifice on Madison Avenue, corner of Forty-fourth Street. There is a rectory adjoining the church; both are of stone, and there is no debt on the estate.
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CALVARY CHURCH, NEW YORK.
This parish was organized in 1835. The first church was built in 1835-6, removed and enlarged in 1841. The pres- ent edifice was completed in 1847, the corner-stone having
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been laid March 10, 1846. The rectors have been : Rev. Thomas C. Dapont, who officiated before the organization, continued as rector until 1837; Rev. Francis H. Cummings, 1837-1838 ; Rev. Charles Jones, 1839-1842 ; Rev. Samuel L. Southard, 1844-1850; Rev. J. M. Wainwright, D.D., rec- tor elect, officiated for six months in 1850; Rev. Francis L. Hawks, D.D., 1851-1863 ; Rev. A. Cleveland Coxe, D.D., 1863-1865, until his election to the episcopate of Western New York; Rev. E. A. Washburne, D.D., 1865, until his decease in 1882; and since 1882, Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, D.D., present incumbent. A rectory was built in 1847, and afterwards purchased by the church in 1854. A Sunday- school chapel of stone was built adjoining the church in 1867, Dr. Washburne rector.
A chapel was built on Twenty-third Street, east of Third Avenue, in 1859, during the rectorship of Dr. Hawks, and placed under the pastoral charge of Rev. James Souverain Purdy, D.D., who afterwards became rector of St. James' Church, Hyde Park. The chapel was sold and a new and costly edifice built on the same street, nearly opposite the site of the old chapel, during the rectorship of Dr. Washburne. The Rev. Wm. D. Walker assumed charge, and remained a most successful pastor until his elevation to the episcopate of the missionary jurisdiction of North Dakota, in 1883. It is worthy of remark that nearly one-half of the baptisms and confirmations reported by Calvary Church belong to the sta- tistics of Calvary Chapel. The number of baptisms recorded -of which 1,276 were at Calvary Chapel-is 2,595, and 1,587 have received confirmation, 774 of these in Calvary Chapel.
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In 1838 there were 40 communicants; in 1840, 43 ; in 1850, 500 ; in 1860, 630, and 70 at the chapel ; in 1879, 437, and 425 at the chapel ; in 1880, 500, and 450 at the chapel. At pres- ent there are 628, and 512 at the chapel, making a total of 1,140. These statistics are necessarily incomplete, and do not fully represent the clerical acts in the parish, as many omissions must be attributed to vacancies in the pastorate and deaths of rectors. In 1836 the wardens were: Henry J. Seaman and James F. Fitch, M.D .; in 1846, Philip R. Kear- ney and Joseph D. Beers; in 1856-8, Thomas J. Oakley and James A. Burke ; in 1866-70, George Merritt and William Niblo ; and afterwards, Frederick S. Winston and Daniel Huntington.
In 1884 this parish extended its missionary labors in the same direction, planting the Galilee Mission at 401 East Twenty-third Street. The first service was held November 4th, and the work is under Rev. B. T. Hutchins, who has the co-operation of two lay readers. It was organized for a special purpose. Its services are mainly for that unfortunate class who, from vice and intemperance, are never seen at church. Results are already positive and encouraging.
During its earlier history this parish experienced troubled fortunes, and it was not until the rectorship of Dr. Hawks that its heavy burden of debts was extinguished, and its exist- ence and subsequent prosperity assured. Its pulpit has been filled with a succession of learned and eloquent preachers, some of whom have gained wide celebrity. Three of them were afterwards raised to the episcopate, and yet another from the pastorate of Calvary Chapel. The parish at present is thoroughly organized for efficient work, and abounds with guilds, societies, and beneficent agencies. It has taken a specially active part in the promotion of the Church Temper- ance Society. The total expenditures of the parish, as stated in the last Journal of the Convention, for the last year, was $51,875.39, and of Calvary Chapel, $7,415.81. In a recent semi-centennial sermon, reviewing the history of the parish and forecasting its future, the rector said : "It is evident that if Calvary Parish is permanently to occupy its present posi-
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tion, it should have a solid and substantial church, worthy of its name, of its history, of the work it is doing, and the place it occupies as one of the chief parishes of the great metropolis of America; and that its present house of worship should, within the next few years, be so modified, or reconstructed, or rebuilt, that we may hand down to posterity an attractive church edifice, which, in architectural taste and beauty, will not only hold its own with all the other historic parishes of New York, but will become, in future times, with its rich memories and gathered associations, like the hundreds of English and Continental parish churches, which for centuries have blessed the communities and hallowed the spot in which they lift their towers."
CHRIST CHURCH, TARRYTOWN.
This parish was organized August 8, 1836. The church was built in 1837, and has been twice enlarged-in 1857 and in 1868. The first rector was the Rev. William Creighton, D.D., from August 1I, 1836, to the day of his death, April 23, 1865. The Rev. J. Selden Spencer, who had served as assistant minister since May, 1853, was elected rector May 16, 1865, and is now incumbent. A rectory was built adjoin- ing the church, and completed with religious observances at the opening in June, 1875.
In 1858, under the rectorship of Dr. Creighton, a chapel with parish school building attached was built in Beekman- town, now called North Tarrytown, at a cost of about $10,000. It afterwards became a separate parish, under the name of St. Mark's Church, Mount Pleasant.
The earlier records of the parish are wanting. There have been 655 baptisms registered. There are no records of confirmations previous to 1852. Since that date, 404 have been confirmed. The parish began with 3 communicants; the present number is 170.
The wardens in 1836 were: Nathaniel B. Holmes and Steuben Swartwort ; in 1846, Ebenezer Irving and Nathaniel B. Holmes ; in 1856, Nathaniel B. Holmes and Washington Irving ; in 1866, Nathaniel B. Holmes and George W. Morell ;
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in 1876, George W. Morell and William S. Wilson ; and in 1885, William S. Wilson and William G. Weston.
Christ Church and Sunnyside, the residence of Washing- ton Irving, were built in the same year, and that distin- guished author was for many years, and until his death, a devout and faithful parishioner of Christ Church, Tarrytown.
The rector also desires to put on record the devoted serv- ices of Nathaniel B. Holmes. He was really the lay founder of the parish, starting it first with a Sunday-school and lay reading. He was faithful and loyal to his religious duties and opportunities to his life's end.
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