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The Red Badge of Courage

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Red Badge of Courage is here in full — 257 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Stephen Crane • Curated US English Learning Edition

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The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

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The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane

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Chapter I

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Red Badge of Courage is here in full — 257 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting. As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors. It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares. A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills. Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

The Red Badge of Courage

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Red Badge of Courage is here in full — 257 sentences across 52 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/51 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

Line 2

As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

Line 3

It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

Line 4

A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

Line 5

Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

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Shadow noun US /ˈʃæd.oʊ/

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading “A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.”

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A

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

across

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

amber-tinted

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

an

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

and

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

army

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

army's

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

As

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

at

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

awakened

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

banks

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

become

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

began

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

blackness

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

brown

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

brows

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

camp-fires

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

cast

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

certain

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From this reading Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

changed

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

cold

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

could

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

developed

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From this reading Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

distant

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

eagerness

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

earth

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

eyelike

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

eyes

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

feet

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

fogs

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

from

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

gleam

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

green

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

growing

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

had

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

hills

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

hostile

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

in

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

It

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

its

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

landscape

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

liquid

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

long

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

low

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

mud

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

night

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

noise

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

of

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

on

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

Once

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From this reading Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

one

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

out

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

passed

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

proper

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

purled

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

red

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

reluctantly

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

resolutely

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From this reading Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

resting

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

retiring

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

revealed

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

river

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

roads

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

rumors

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

see

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

set

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

shirt

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From this reading Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

soldier

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From this reading Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

sorrowful

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

stream

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

stretched

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

tall

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From this reading Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

The

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From this reading The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

thoroughfares

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

to

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

tremble

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

troughs

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

upon

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

virtues

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From this reading Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

wash

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From this reading Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

went

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From this reading Once a certain tall soldier developed virtues and went resolutely to wash a shirt.

were

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

when

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From this reading A river, amber-tinted in the shadow of its banks, purled at the army’s feet; and at night, when the stream had become of a sorrowful blackness, one could see across it the red, eyelike gleam of hostile camp-fires set in the low brows of distant hills.

which

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From this reading It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

with

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From this reading As the landscape changed from brown to green, the army awakened, and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

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Passed: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Badge of Courage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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