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LEIGH, W. B .:
Painter and illustrator ; born Berkeley County, W. Va., Sept. 23, 1866. He began drawing at an early age, and at fourteen was sent to Baltimore, Md., to attend the Maryland Institute. After two years' study he was appointed teacher of drawing in the night school of the institute; subso- quently went to Munich and spent three years in drawing, during which he re- crived three bronze medals for his work, and one year in painting. Then he re- turned to America, and during the follow- ing year painted portraits and still life pic- tures of fruit ; also taught class in board- ing school and had private pupils. Re- turned to Munich, where he was engaged working on mural decorations and the fig- ures, landscape and architecture of a pano- rama. In 1891 he received honorable men- tion at Paris Salon for a figure picture ; 1892, was chief figure painter on a second panorama, later on others; 1895, returned to America, and has since illustrated for Charles Scribner's, McClure's, Harper's and other magazines. Address, 107 East 27th St., N. Y. City.
LEIGHTON, Joseph Alexander:
Educator, author and clergyman; born Orangeville, Ontario, Can., Dec. 2, 1870 ; was graduated from Trinity College, To- ronto, 1891; graduate scholar and Fellow in philosophy, Cornell University, 1891- 94 ; Ph. D., Cornell, 1894 ; B. D., Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., 1896. Prominent as a lacrosse player at Cornell and Harvard (elected captain, 1895), and on Crescent Athletic Club's champion team
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in England, 1897. Ordained deacon in the [ ber Protestant Episcopal Church, 1896 ; priest, 1898; assistant in Grace Church Parish, N. Y. City, during winter 1896-97 ; studied in Germany during summers 1896 and 1897 ; chaplain and professor of philosophy Hobart College since 1897. Member of American Psychological Association ; char- ter member American Philosophical Asso- ciation and vice-president, 1905. Autor: articles on Fichte, Hegel, Individuality, etc., in the Philosophical Review and the Journal of Philosophy; a book, Typi- cal Modern Conceptions of God; What is Personality? etc., and of numerous book reviews on philosophical and theolgical subjects. University preacher, Cornell University, 1900 and 1903. Married Vic- toria E. Paul, daughter of Rev. Robert Paul, 1899. Address, Geneva, N. Y.
LEIPZIGER, Henry M .:
Lecturer, educator ; born England, 1854, came to New York, 1865; attended public schools, was graduated from College City of New York, 1873 ; Columbia, law depart- ment, 1875 ; (Ph D. Columbia 1888) ; ad- mitted to New York Bar. Taught in N. Y. schools until 1881; traveling, study- ing, and investigating methods of in- dustrial education, 1881-84; organized Hebrew Technical Institute, New York and directed same,
1884-91. In 1891 elected assistant superintendent public schools New York, 1890; elected super- visor of free lectures, New York, since its organization (1888); chairman of li- brary committee of Aguilar Free Li- brary, New York. Residence, 229 East 57th St .; office, Board of Education, 59th St. and Park Ave., N. Y. City.
LELAND, Arthur S .:
Banker and broker; born Boston, Mass .; educated at Chauncey-Hall School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. Member New York and Boston Stock Exchange, firm of Arthur S. Leland & Co. Member Ardsley Casino, Ardsley-on-the-Hudson; New York Ath- letic Club, Lawyers Club, New England Society, Bankers' National Association, Bankers' State Association, Algonquin Club of Boston, and other Clubs. Resi- dence, Waldorf Astoria; office, 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
LELAND, Lester:
Second vice-president and director United States Rubber Co .; treasurer and director Bay State Rubber Co .; treasurer, general manager, and director Boston Rub- ber Shoe Co .; director Adams Trust Co., American Rubber Co., Atlantic Coast Lum-
Corporation, Boston Rubber Co.,
Georgetown and Western Railroad Co., Goodyear India Rubber Glove Manufac- turing Co., Goodyear Metallic Rubber Shoe Co., Industrial Mutual Insurance Co., L. Candee & Co., Lycoming Rubber Co., Meyer Rubber Co., Shoe Hardware Co., and State National Bank. Member Union and Cal- umet Clubs. Married Miss Frances E. Converse. Residence, Boston, Mass .; of- fice, 42 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LENNEY, James C., LL. B .:
Lawyer ; born Potsdam, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1869; was graduated from Potsdam Nor- mal School, 1892; and from New York Law School, 1896; admitted to the Bar, 1898. Married Miss Blanche Williams, Jan. 28, 1903. Actively engaged in practice of law since admission to the Bar. Address, 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
LEONARD, Adna B .:
Methodist Episcopal clergyman; born Berlin Township, O., Aug. 2, 1837; son of John and Nancy Leonard; graduate of Mt. Union College, O .; D. D., New Orleans University; LL. D., Mt. Union College; married Pleasant Valley, Ia., 1861, Caro- line Amelia Kiser. Entered Methodist ministry, 1860; elected corresponding secretary Missionary Society, M. E. Church, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904. Ad- dress, 203 Van Buren St., Brooklyn, N. Y. LESLIE, Mrs. Frank (Baroness de Ba- zus) :
Editor and publisher ; born New Orleans, 1851, of an old French Huguenot family, descended from Philip Picot. Was edu- cated at home by her father in French, Spanish, Italian, German and Latin. She began writing for publication at the early age of thirteen, and subsequently she mar- ried Frank Leslie, the publisher. Mr. Les- lie was thirty years his wife's' senior, yet never was marriage happier. In 1877 she made a transcontinental tour, from which grew out her work, From Gotham to the Golden Gate. On Jan. 10, 1885, Mr. Leslie died, leaving his entire establish- ment, $300,000 in debt, and sixteen publi- cations in the hands of an assignee. Af- ter seventeen different law suits, his wife triumphed over all obstacles, she straight- ened out affairs, the publications (among which was Frank Leslie's Illustrated News- paper). and made a great financial and literary success. About three years ago sold out all her interests in the publica- tions, and the name Frank Leslie, which she had legally assumed in 1881 for busi- ness purposes, she now abandoned, resum- ing the family name of the Baroness de
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Bazus, a French title which was created gree of LL.D., from University of State in the time of Saint Louis, and which has belonged to her ancestors for many genera- tions. Address, The Chelsea, 222 West 23rd St., N. Y. City.
LESTER, Charles Cooke:
Lawyer; born Milford, N. Y., June 27, 1850; son Charles S. and Lucy Cooke Lester; was graduated from Union Col- lege, 1870 ; married Torrington, Ct., May 13, 1874, Catherine Perrin who died May 13, 1886; married Buffalo Dec. 24, 1889, Mary Lane Tuck. Admitted to New York Bar, 1873; has since practiced at Sara- toga Springs; member New York Consti- tutional Convention 1894; now surrogate of Saratoga County ; trustee Albany Law School; formerly trustee Union College. Address, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
LESTER, James Westcott:
Lawyer; born Saratoga Springs, Sept. 8, 1859 ; grandson of Timothy Cooke, who was an officer in the War of 1812, and a direct descendant from James Westcott and Nathaniel Gove both of whom were Revolutionary soldiers. Educated Union College and Columbia Law School. Ad- mitted New York Bar May, 1883; since re- sided and practiced at Saratoga Springs N. Y., and is now associated with his brother in practice. Married June 13, 1888, Bertha North Dowd, daughter of Rev. Dr. Charles F. Dowd. In Nov., 1884, joined the Twenty-second Separate Com- pany of New York National Guard, and after serving as sergeant, captain and ma- jor, until the war with Spain broke out, he volunteered and went as major of the Second Regiment, New York Volun- teers ; served with honor and was mustered out Oct. 25, 1898. He was commissioned lieutenant-colonel March 31, 1899, and since then has been promoted colonel of the Second Regiment in place of Colonel Lloyd, promoted brigadier general. Address, 360 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
LETCHWORTH, William Pryor:
Philanthropist, author ; born Brown- ville, N. Y., May 26, 1823 ; son Josiah and Ann Letchworth; for thirty-five years has devoted himself to philanthropic and charitable work; president of the State Board of Charities for ten years, and member of the Board from 1873-96. President National Conference of Chari- ties and Correction, 1884; elected presi- dent National Association for the Study of Epilepsy and Care and Treatment of Epileptics, 1898; president first New York State Conference of Charities and Correction, 1900. Received honorary de-
of New York, 1893. Originator of the law for the removal of children from almshouses, and an earnest advocate of reforms in the care of the insane. Au- thor: The Insane in Foreign Countries. Care and Treatment of Epileptics, and many articles on social science topics. Address, Glen Iris, Portage, N. Y.
LEVENTRITT, David :
Jurist ; born Winnsboro', S. C., Jan. 31, 1845; moved to New York, Dec., 1854. His father, George M., who died in Nov., 1884, was engaged in business in this city as a merchant, and his mother, Betty, now approaching ninety years of age, is still a resident. On June 9, 1868, married Ma- tilda, the daughter of Leopold and Mary Lithauer. Received his early education in private and public schools, and was graduated from the Free Academy (now the College of the City of New York) as salutatorion of the class of 1864. Was ad- mitted to the Bar in 1871, after having taken the law course in New York Uni- versity, and thereupon began practice. While he was for a number of years pre- ceding his elevation to the bench actively engaged in the trial of cases, devoting him- self principally to commercial litigation, he acted as counsel to various corpora- tions, and in important condemnation pro- ceedings served as special counsel to the City of New York. In 1898 was elected and since Jan. 1, 1899, has presided as one of the justices of the Supreme Court of N. Y. State. He is a member of many charitable institutions, such as Mt. Sinai Hospital, St. Mark's Hospital, Lebanon Hospital, Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Monte- fiore Home, Hebrew Technical Institute. Home for Aged and Infirm, Educational Alliance, Guild for Crippled Children. Young Men's Hebrew Association, and many more. Address, 34 West 77th St., N. Y. City.
LEVERMORE, Charles Herbert :
President of Adelphi College, Brooklyn, N. Y .; born Oct. 15, 1856, in Mansfield, Conn. ; received preparatory education in the schools of Lebanon, Conn., in the Mon- son Academy, Monson, Mass., and in the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn .; was graduated from Yale College, 1879, with commencement honors. He was employed as principal of the Guilford In- stitute, at Guilford, Conn., in Sept., 1879; remained in that position for four years ; resigned that position in June, 1883, in order to study history and politics at the Johns Hopkins University. He entered
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that institution in Oct., 1883; was appoint- ed university Fellow in history for the year 1884-85; was instructor in history and German in the Hopkins Grammar School, at New Haven, 1885-86, at the same time retaining connection with the Johns Hop- kins University; received degree of Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins University in June, 1886. He presented as doctor's the- sis an essay on Town Government in New Haven, which was expanded into a volume, entitled The Republic of New Haven, and was published by the university in the same year, 1886, as extra volume 1 of its series of studies in history and politics. He accepted appointment as instructor in history in the University of California, and remained in that position from Sept., 1886, till Jan., 1888; resigned in order to accept election as assistant professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, Boston, Jan., 1888; elected pro- fessor of history in the Institute in 1889; remained in that chair until Sept., 1893, being also chairman of the committee charged with the management of one of the departments of the Institute; resigned professorship in Sept., 1893, in order to accept election as principal of Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn; received, in June, 1896, the rank and title of President of Adelphi College, an institution chartered by the regents of the University of the State of New York. Author : The Repub- lic of New Haven, A History of Municipal Evolution, (published by Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, in 1886) ; Syllabus of Lectures upon Political History Since 1815, (third edition, W. J. Schofield, Bos- ton, 1893), The Academy Song-Book, (Ginn & Co., 1896), The Abridged Acade- my Song-Book, (Ginn & Co., 1898). Ad- dress, 30 St. James Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. LEVY, Jefferson M .:
Lawyer ; born New York, was graduated from University of New York and admitted to the bar in N. Y. City. Studied law under the late Clarkson N. Potter. Owner of the famous home of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Va., inherited from his late uncle, Commodore Uriah P. Levy, United States Navy. Monticello has been in the Levy famly since the death of Thomas Jefferson. Author compilation Election Laws of the City of New York. Agitated and caused the reform of the surrogate's practices in the County of New York. Or- ganized Democratic Club of New York ; represented 13th Congressional District of New York in the 56th Congress ; leader Gold Democrats in the 56th Congress;
aided in defeating the Nicaraguan Canal scheme by making famous speech in House of Representatives, which was used as a text for opposition of Nicaraguan Canal and afterwards for purchase of Panama Canal; made several prominent speeches in House; one on investigation of Secre- tary of Treasury on Repeal of War Tax, and on bill for fixing and defining the rank of officers in the Revenue service. Offered resolutions for re-payment of amount of money expended by U. S. Gov- ernment in behalf of Island of Cuba; also bill to provide for international notes and bill authorizing national banks to execute national bank notes in their lawful money reserve. Member Sons of Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution. Member Manhattan, Democratic, New York Yacht, Meadow Creek Country and Sandown Park Clubs. Address, 30 Pine St., N. Y. City. LEWING, Adele:
Pianiste, piano-teacher, composer ; born Hanover, Germany, Aug. 6, 1866; daughter George and Cecilia Lewing; granddaugh- ter, August Christian Prell, Royal first solo violincellist in Hanover; graduate of High School of Hanover and Royal Con- servatory of Music, Leipzig, 1885; student under Professors Dr. Carl Reinecke and Dr. S. Jadassohn, of Leipzig, and after studied under Professor Theodore Leschet- izky in Vienna, 1893-96 ; composition under Professor Robert Fuchs, Vienna. Married, New York, Oct. 19, 1899. Dr. B. W. Stiefel Senta. Musical dèbut Gewandhaus, Leip- zig; concert tours in America ; recital of own compositions in Boston. Received first prize (among 264 compositions) for a song from Musical Record Competition, Boston. Award and medal World's Col- umbian Exposition, 1893, for compositions. Composer, songs: Fair Rohtraut (prize song), Love Song, Wanderer's Night Song, Proposal, Springtime, By the Rhine, Even- ing Rest, Winter Night, lullabys, ballads, etc., etc. Piano pieces: Legende, Old French Dance, Meditation, Berceuse, with violin obligato; Romance, Song Without Words, Prelude and Scherzino, Canzonetta, Greeting, Children in the Woods, Children's March, Funeral March, Scherzo, Andalusi- enne, etc., etc. Studio, Steinway Hall, N. Y. City.
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Editor ; successively Washington corres- pondent Chicago Times, Washington bu- reau New York Journal until 1898 when he became editor of The Verdict. Author: of Wolfville, Episodes of Cowboy Life, Sandburrs, Wolfville Days, Wolfville
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Nights, Black Lion Inn, Peggy O'Neal. Duyvil; office, 252 Madison Ave., N. Y. Address, 457 West 148th St., N. Y. City. City.
LEWIS, Charles B. ("M. Quad") :
Author; born Liverpool, O., Feb. 15, 1842 ; graduate of Michigan Agricultural College. Began life as apprentice in week- ly newspaper office at Lansing, Mich .; served volunteer from 1861-65, and from thence on for twenty-two years was the homorist of the Detroit Free Press. Au- thor: Quad's Odds, Field, Fort and Fleet, Sawed-Off Sketches, Brother Gardner, Mr. Bowser, and several other works. Has produced several successful plays; con- tributor to magazines and does syndicate work, and was very successful as a writer for juveniles. Widower.
Address, 71 Third Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
LEWIS, George Lester:
Lawyer; born May 31, 1857, Buffalo, N. Y .; son of Judge Lovan L. Lewis; pre- pared at Briggs School, Buffalo, and was graduated from Yale College, 1879. Ad- mitted to the Bar, 1881; married May 31 1883, May Augusta Sweet of Buffalo. Re- publican. Member University, Buffalo, Ellicott, Country and Polo Clubs. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.
LEWIS, Loran Lodowick:
Jurist ; born Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 9, 1825; son John C. and Delecta (Barbour) Lewis ; educated district and private schools, taught while studying law; ad- mitted to the Bar, 1848, and practiced his profession in Buffalo. 1852, married Char- lotte R. Pierson. State senator, 1869-73 ; justice Supreme Court N. Y., 1882-96 ; since associated with his two sons as coun- sel firm Lewis & Lewis. Republican. Ad- dress, 23 Erie Co. Bank Building, Buffalo, N. Y.
LEWIS, Daniel:
Physician; born Alfred, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1846; son of Alfred and Lucy Lang- worthy Lewis; was graduated from Alfred University. 1869, A. M., 1872, Ph. D., 1886, LL. D., 1902; was graduated from College of Physicians and Sur- geons, Columbia University, 1871; served in U. S. Navy, 1864-65; commissioner of health, State of New York; medical di- rector G. A. R., department N. Y., 1888; president American Congress of Tuber- culosis; editor and proprietor Medical Review of Reviews; member: New York Academy of Medicine; New York Physic- ians Mutual Aid Association, Society Medical Jurisprudence, Medical Society, County of N. Y. Member Republican, and Union League Clubs; married, 1872, Achsah D. Vaughan. Residence, Spuyten
LEWIS, Daniel F .:
Railway official; born Brooklyn, March 28, 1849; was educated at public schools; in service of Brooklyn City Ry. for many years, its president since 1886; also presi- dent Brooklyn Heights Ry. Co., Knicker- bocker Steamboat Co., Bay Ridge Park Improvement Co., and interested as offi- cer or director in other corporations. Member Hamilton, Crescent Athletic, Brooklyn, and Park Driving Clubs of Brooklyn. Residence, Hempstead, L. I .; office, 135 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LEWIS, Danforth R .:
Lawyer; born Niles, N. Y., 1867; was graduated from Cornell University, 1896, in which year he was admitted to the Bar and entered the practice of law in the city of Auburn, N. Y .; Republican; justice of the peace of the City of Auburn 1897-99; elected special County Judge of Cay County, 1901. Owner and quite largely interested in real estate holdings, also corporation enterprises. Address, 85 Genesee St., Auburn, N. Y.
LEWIS, Eugene Howard:
Lawyer; born Potosi, Wis., in 1852; was graduated from Yale, 1873; studied at Columbia Law School, graduating in 1875; admitted to the Bar, 1876. Mem- ber of New York Bar Association, Uni- versity, Yale, N. Y. Yacht, Indian Har- bor Yacht, Players, Lawyers, and Rocka- way Hunt Clubs, also of Metropolitan (Washington). Address, 44 Broad
St., N. Y. City.
LEWIS, Frederick W .:
Captain U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from N. Y .; at Military Academy, June, 1892, to June, 1896; promoted to ad- ditional second lieutenant, June 12, 1896, and to second lieutenant, Aug. 27, 1896; at Fort Crook, Neb., Oct., 1896, to April, 1898; in camp at Tampa, Fla., April to June, 1898; en route to Cuba, June 14 to 22, 1898; in Santiago, Cuba, June 22, to July 5, 1898; instructor in drawing at the Military Academy, Aug. 29, 1898; pro- moted to first lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1898; assigned to Seventeenth Infantry, Jan. 1, 1899; transferred to Twelfth Infantry, Oct. 2, 1899; Captain, Twenty-ninth In- fantry, July 1, 1901. Address, Fort Bliss, Texas.
LEWIS, Henry :
Congregational clergyman and editor; was educated at New York University, Class of 1893; Phi Beta Kappa; Union Theological Seminary, N. Y. City; pastor
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Lake, N. Y., 1896-98; entered service of American Tract Society, 1898, as assist . ant in publishing department; now editor of American Messenger, and of other publications of the American Tract Society, including Apples of Gold, etc; not married; received degree of A. M. from N. Y. University, 1895; Ph.D., 1896; ordained at Schroon Lake, N. Y., Sept., 1896; life member A. B. C. F. M., Ameri- can Missionary Association, Congrega- tional Home Missionary Society, Ameri- can Tract Society; member Manhattan Congregational Association, the Congre- gational Ministers Meeting, the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in N. Y. City, etc. Re- publican. Address, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
LEWIS, John V. E .:
Lawyer; born Orleans County, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1848; spent early life at family home in Albion, N. Y .; was graduated from Hamilton College in 1870; studied law and was admitted to the Bar. He commenced practice of law at Albion, N. Y., but soon engaged in the practice of law in N. Y. City; continued practice there for fifteen years or more with suc- cess; withdrew from law practice in 1890, and since then has devoted much time to the gratification of literary tastes, col- lecting a miscellaneous library of choice books. Has traveled through the U. S. and in Europe. Residence, Morristown, N. J .; N. Y. Address, 9 E. 44th St. N. Y. City.
LEWIS, Merton E .:
Republican State Senator; represents the Forty-third Senate district (part of Monroe County); born Webster, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1861. His education was re- ceived in common schools and in the Webster Union School; studied law in the office of Perkins & Hays in Rochester and was admitted to the Bar in 1887; en- tered political life in May, 1890, being elected to represent the Sixtenth ward of Rochester in its Common Council; was re-elected three times. He was promi- nent in the council, serving as chairman of Law and Finance Committees and also as chairman of a special commitee to revise the charter of the city of Roch- ester. In 1893, was elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention from the Twenty-eighth Senate district, and in that body was a member of the Commit- tee on Cities, Banking and Insurance, and Industrial Interests. In 18944 and 1895 Mr. Lewis was president of the Common
Council of the City of Rochester, and upon the resignation of George W. Ald- ridge, as mayor, in Jan., 1894, succeeded him in the office of mayor and served as such until Dec. 31, 1895; 1896, was first elected an Assemblyman from Monroe County for the district which he now represents. In the fall of 1897 Mr. Lewis was nominated by the Republican party for the office of mayor of Rochester, but owing to a non-partisan movement in Rochester was defeated for that office. In 1898, was again elected to Assembly, being re-elected in 1899. At the session of 1900 he caused the passing of a bill which repealed the Horton Sparring Law, which had virtually permitted prize fighting; again elected in 1900; elected State Senator in the Forty-third (part of Monroe County), in the fall of 1901; re- elected in 1902. In 1903 was appointed on the following Senate Committees: Chair- man of the Committee on Public Educa- tion, member of Cities, Railroads, Taxa- tion and Retrenchment, and Public Printing. Address, Rochester, N. Y.
LEXOW, Clarence:
Lawyer; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1852; educated at the German Ameri- can College Institute in Brooklyn. At the age of sixteen he went abroad to equip himself more thoroughly in art, litrature and the languages. To this end he entered the University of
Bonn. While pursuing his studies, he realized that his tastes and talents in- clined towards law; accordingly he re- turned to America and entered the law school of Columbia College, from which he was duly graduated in 1872. On his admission to the Bar he formed a part- nership with William H. Haldane, the law firm of Lexow & Haldane remaining in existence until 1892, when he formed a partnership with T. Tillotson Wells. Mr. Lexow has always been an ardent Re- publican, and in 1882, removing from N. Y. to Nyack-on-the-Hudson,, took an active interest in his party's affairs in that section of the State; 1887, received the nomination for county judge, but was unable to overcome a large Demo- cratic majority; 1893, elected to the State Senate, in which he at once assumed leadership. While serving in the Senate he introduced his bi-partisan police bill, calling for an investigation of the N. Y. Police Department. Address, 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
LEYENDECKER, Joseph Christian:
Artist, illustrator; born Montabour,
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