the popular life, and has made the German middle by Whittier himself that the Universalist interclass and the city laboring classes irreligious. ROMANISM AND RITUALISM. Living Church (Prot. Epis., Chicago), March 11.-The sufficient answer to the accu sation that " ritualism is Romanizing the Church in England or America, is that the Anglican Communion throughout the world is making splendid progress. The Italian mission in England, so far as we have seen statistics, is not more than holding its own. It is also true that defections to Rome, in England aud America, are not exclusively from the socalled "ritualists." Perverts are to be counted from all denominations, though there is not now, never has been, and never will be, anything like a movement" of Protestants towards the Roman Church. The idea seems to be rooted in the Protestant press and among Protestant readers, that true religion consists in not believing and doing what the Roman Church believes and does. Human nature always tends to extremes; the "protesting" of the Reformation, which at first was simply a remonstrance against an edict of the State, came to mean repudiation of all forms of worship and of most of the doctrines of the Roman Church. The fact is, however, than many of those usages and doctrines are the common heritage of Christendom, and Rome has no more right to claim them as distinctively her own than she has to monopolize the title ". Catholic." The time is gone by, we think, when the Christian people of this country, and especially the Church people, will admit that everything that is Roman is wrong. Hospital nurses are 'Roman" ; "brotherhoods" are Roman; kneeling is Roman; the surplice, the sign of the cross, and many features of the Prayer Book are Roman, if we are to accept the interpretation of ignorance and the traditions of Puritanism. THE APOCRYPHA. Canada Presbyterian (Toronto), March 8.In many of the larger copies of the Scriptures, especially in "family Blbles," a series of books appear, inserted between the Old and New Testament, called the Apocrypha. To many this is perplexing; if properly belonging to the Scriptures, why are they absent from any copy? If not part of Holy Writ, why appear in any? Concerning them the thirty-nine articles of the Anglican Church says, "the Church doth read them for example of life and instruction of manners, but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine." Practically the Belgic articles of 1561 and the Irish of 1615 take the same position, while the Westminster Confession of 1646 declares them to be of no authority in the Church of God." The Douay Bible, following the vulgate, incorporates them among the canonical books, as Augustine in his writings apparently does. The extreme position, however, of the Westminster Standards is the only logical one. The Christian Church accepts the Old Testament as its Master received it, and the Jerusalem canon acknowledged in Christ's day did not contain these writings, which were admitted to a place alongside of the recognized books by the literary looseness of the Alexandrine school. What Christ received, we receive; the Apocrypha wants the seal of His authorization. Nevertheless they have their interest to the student of sacred history, they record the heroic struggle of the Jews for their altar and their home, together with many of the wise sayings of the rabbinical schools, during that long prophetic silence which prevailed from the death of Malachi until the voice from the wilderness proclaimed Messiah come. WHITTIER'S UNIVERSALISM. pretation put upon his poem, "The Eternal " at its face value, they were all striving to save the Republic by dishonoring it. Charles de Lesseps was distributing millions among speculative bankers, flashy adventurers, venal jour I have been misunderstood in regard to my views of nalists, and political managers. The leaders. future punishment. But no matter what my wishes of the Deputies and the Government were may be, or what my feelings are on the subject, I willing to connive at the diversion of the canal leave the whole thing to the law and the testimony, and when I go there I find the words of God are con- funds from the purposes for which the subtrary to my feelings, for they do teach the reward of scriptions had been made, and counseled acthe righteous and the punishment of the wicked, and I quiescence in extortionate demands because the accept the teaching. All that is proved by this testimony, is that Republic was in danger. The daughter of the horseleech was on every street-corner screamWhittier believed in "future rewards and pun-ing, "Give! give!" and canal speculators, ishments.' So believe all the instructors in the Universalist theological schools-we do lobbyists, and political leaders cried out with one acclaim: "She is the Republic; and we not think there is an exception. Universalism are all patriots!" But that swarm of proflidoes not include or imply a denial of future gates and apologists for crime did not reprerewards and punishments. It simply denies sent the true France, which has civic virtue, that punishment is endless in duration. The lucid political intelligence, and sound morality. Universalist construction put upon "The Eternal Goodness" does not presume that the great The dignity of the true France will be vindipoem is inconsistent with the doctrine of future intriguers now plotting the overthrow of demThe Republic will stand, and the base retribution. The claim is that the spirit and ocratic institutions will be baffled and put also the letter are a protest against the horrible barbarism that future punishment is hopeless and permanent. However. it is just possible that Whtttier in his rapt moments was wiser than he himself knew. It is neither new nor strange for a poet or a preacher in prose, when under the pressure or emotion of intensely devout feeling, to think and say things which in his ordinary moods he would doubt and misunderstand! We make no claim that Whittier was a Universalist. We simply claim and know that certain of Whittier's poems are Universalist this in sentiment, phrase, and even logic. The Eternal Goodness" is one of them. FOREIGN MATTERS. THE PANAMA SCANDALS. New York Times, March II.- -The dis closures of M. Charles de Lesseps certainly testimony and to make out his statements that cated. down. It will stand because virtue has not one out of it while crimes have been committed under the specious guise of patriotism. Boston Advertiser, March 11.-The fact " that the Republic has weathered so serious a crisis as that of the past few months is a gratifying proof of the stability of the Government of liberty, equality, and fraternity.' Undoubtedly some of the credit for the seaworthy performance of the French Ship of State is due to the hand at the helm. President Carnot appears to have justified the confidence shown by the French people in his election. He has acted with evident justice, but at the same time with prudent conservatism. He has shown a self-possession that is not always esteemed the typical trait of a French statesinan, and he deserves some credit for the fact that, while the Republic may have been shaken by the Panama revelations, it still stands, an apparently permanent structure. TORY FACTIONALISM. One Springfield Republican, March 10. great difficulty in the way of Balfour's successful leadership of the Opposition in the Able as he is, Commons is Balfour himself. and capable at times of rising admirably to the occasion, he seemingly lacks essential qualities which go to make up a successful party leader. He has no power to inspire enthusiasm in his followers, and practically no personal hold on them. His cool, indifferent, supercilious manner, which he is said to carry beyond the verge of snobbishness, keeps everybody at a distance, and arouses personal dislike rather than loyalty. He seems to have little liking for the details of legislation, and has been often criticised for his neglect of opportunities to score a party advantage, because otherwise engaged when he should have been watching the Commons. Under him party discipline has grown lax, the whips have been negligent of their duty, and the Government has thereby gained some very encouraging victories in divisions. In considering the divisions in the Opposition, which Conference to heal, this dissatisfaction with it was the purpose of the recent Conservative Balfour's leadership on the ground of its inefficiency must be taken into account. Really the Unionist revolt, which gave the Governnight, was more of a personal rebuke to Balment the astonishing majority of 158 the other therefore one of uncertain outcome. four than anything else. The situation is The boasted unity of the Opposition has departed, and it is as badly divided as the Gladstonians. In one respect the difference between the two parties is marked. The Opposition has no masterful hand whose leadership is willingly accepted by all, and it has only a negative Christiau Leader (Univ., Boston), March 9. blackmail than the corrupter of legislative in- band of union-opposition to the Home Rule -There is just now a concentrated endeavor to disprove the allegation that the poet Whittier was a Universalist. The late Dr. Withington of Newburyport is quoted as being told nocence. New York Tribune, March 12. If the word of accusers and accused be accepted Bill. The Gladstonians have a leader whom all accept from choice and from necessity as well as a very definite and positive policy to which all are committed. Index to Periodical Literature. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH. BIOGRAPHICAL. Brooks (Phillips). Editorial. Lend-A-Hand, March, 4 PP. Brooks (Phillips). Prof. William Lawrence. Andover Rev., March-April, 10 pp. Brooks (Rt. Rev. Bishop), Photogravure of. Our Day, March. Darboy (Archbishop) the Martyr of La Roquette. E. W. Latimer. Cath. World, London, March, 6 pp. O'Donnell (Hugh Roe). Lyceum, Dublin, Feb., 2 pp. Patrick Henry, A New Study of. Moses Coit Tyler. Yale Rev.. Feb., 14 pp. EDUCATION, LITERATURE, AND ART. Boston, Manual Training in. Lend-A-Hand, March, 6 pp. Education (Elementary), The Natural Sciences in. Prof. S. G. Williams. School Rev., Ithaca, N. Y., March, 10 pp. English, On Teaching. Prof. B. Kellogg. School Rev., Ithaca (N. Y.), March, II DP. Geology and the Summer-School. William Seton. Cath. World, March, 9 pp. Ghosts and Their Photographs. Rev. H. R. Haweis. Our Day, March, 13 pp. Houghton's (Lord) Poems. Lyceum, Dublin, Feb., 1 p. Institutional Study, Some Recent Aspects of. Charles M. Andrews. Yale Rev., Feb., 30 pp. Manual Training, Moral and Educational Value of. B. F. McDaniel. Lend-AHand, March, 7 pp. Proverbs, Some Irish. Lyceum, Dublin, Feb., 2 pp. School Curriculum, The Readjustment of. Principal R. S. Keyser. School Rev., Ithaca, (N. Y.), March, 10 pp. Schools (Secondary), Biology in. President J. M. Coulter. School Rev., Ithaca, March, 11 pp. Shakespeare, Did_Shakespeare Write? A. B. Farquhar. Am. Jour. of Politics, March, 14 pp. The trash written to disprove Shakespeare's authorship, the product of ignoramuses, falsifiers, or their dupes. Visitandines (The) at Mount de Chantal. Eleanor S. Houston. Cath, World, Ballot Reform in the United States, What are the Prospects of? Rev. W. F. Currency Object-Lessons. William Knapp, Esq. Am. Jour. of Politics, March, 7 PP Civil-Service Reform. By an ex-United States Senator. Am. Jour. of Politics, March, 8 pp. Deficit (a), One Way to Avoid. Jay E. Klock. Am. Four. of Politics, March. Proposes to recall the old State loans made under President Jackson's administration in 1836. Demagogy, The Science of. Thomas Nixon Carver. Am. Jour. of Politics, March, 7 PD. Ireland, The Minority in, Under Home Rule. George McDermot. Cath. World, London, March, 16 pp. Manhattan, A Proposed New State. Alfred H. Peters. Am. Jour. of Politics, March, 5 pp. Advocates a municipal union of New York City with Brooklyn, Jersey City, and their suburbs. Politics, The College Professor in. Jean La Rue Burnett. Am. Jour. of Politics, March, 5 pp. Places Practical Politics as outside the Professor's sphere of action. Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic, Is (it) Practicable? G. B. Winslow. Am. Jour. of Politics, March, 7 pp. An affirmative reply to Mr. Brown' s objections (Am. Jour. of Politics, Dec., 1892). Restriction, A Constitutional. William W. Phelps. Am. Jour. of Politics, March, 5 PP. Discusses and supports the qualification that requires that the Chief Magistrate shall be an American-born citizen. RELIGIOUS. Alaska, The" Sisters" in. Rev. Peter C. Yorke. Cath. World. London, March, 15 PP. Boston Monday Lectures. Phillips Brooks as a Wrestler with Souls. Joseph Cook. Our Day, March, 19 pp. Cannibals, Christianity Among. The Kanaka Slave-Trade and The Rum Traffic in the South Seas. Rev. John G. Paton, D.D. Our Day, March, 18 pp. Christ's Authority as a Lawgiver, The Nature of. Rev. G. F. Genung. Andover Rev., March-April, 12 pp. Criticism (The Higher) and its Application to the Bible. Prof. Edwd. Lewis Curtis. Andover Rev., March-April, 18 pp. Maine, The Andover Band in. Rev. Edwd. G. Porter. Andover Rev., MarchApril, 10 pp. Missions and Civilization. III. Rev. C. Starbuck. Andover Rev., March-April, 16 pp. Presbyterian Laymen, A Call to. Geo. A. Strong, Esq. Andover Rev., MarchApril, 5 pp. Satolli's (Mgr.) Mission in the United States. Joseph Cook. Our Day, March, I p. Scripture Inspiration and Modern Biblical Criticism. Very Rev. H. I. D. Ryder. Cath. World, London, March, 13 pp. Smith (Professor H. P.), The Case of. Editorial. Andover Rev., March-April, Criminal Trials, On the Plea of Insanity in. J. W. Springthorp, M.A., M.D., etc. Insanity, The Adverse Consequences of Repression in. Charles W. Page, M.D. Insanity, Removal of the Ovaries as a Cure for. Thomas G. Notton, M.D. Am. Jour. of Insanity, Jan., 5 pp. The practice condemned. Insanity in Its Relation to the Law. F. Norton Manning, M.D. Am. Jour. of Insanity, Jan., 11 pp. Life (Human), The Quantity of. J. Lawton Williams. Am. Naturalist, March, 11 pp. Longipennes (the), On the Classification of. R. W. Shufeldt. Am. Naturalist, March, 5 Pp. Morality on a Scientific Basis. Rev. James T. Bixby. Andover Rev., MarchApril, 13 pp. American C. O. S. Work, An English View of. Charities Rev., March, 3 pp. Boarding-Out System (the), Some Developments of. Homer Folks. Charities Rev., March, 7 pp. Capital Punishment. Andrew J. Palm. Am. Jour. of Politics, March, 9 pp. Child Problem (the), The Legal Aspect of. Prof. Francis Wayland. Charities Rev., March, 6 pp. Children, Dependent and Delinquent, The Care of Under The Catholic Church System. Saml. Castner, Jr. Charities Rev., March, 3 PP. Corporation (the), Must (it) go? Livy S. Richard. Am. Jour. of Politics, March, 6 pp. Divorce Reform (National), Progress of. Rev. S. W. Dike, D.D., Our Day, March, 9 PP. Dependent Children, Minnesota System of Caring for. H. W. Lewis. Charities Rev., March, 10 pp. Expert Opinion, Vital Points of. Dr. McGlynn on Public and Parochial Schools. Pres. Schurman on The Increase of Divorces. D. D. Field on The Mistakes of Strikers. Anthony Comstock on Murders and Gambling. Extent of the Great World's Fair. Our Day, March, 6 pp. Girls, Reformatories for. H. Sidney Everett. Lend-A-Hand, March, 8 pp. Ireland (Mourning)-The Caoine. E. M. Lynch. Cath. World, London, March, L. H. C. Lend-A-Hand, March, 6 pp. New England Town (a), A Study of. Williston Walker. Trade Unions and the Law; Corruption in France and America; Reasons for UNCLASSIFIED. Alaska, Reindeer in. Lend-A-Hand, March, 5 pp. Chari Black Forest (the), My Night in. Rev. T. A. Metcalf. Cath. World, London, March, 7 pp. Indian Association (Massachusetts). Lend-A-Hand, March, 8 pp. Land of the Sun (The). The Valenciana Mine. Christian Reid. Cath, World, London, March, 17 pp. Limited Liability Act, A National. F. J. S. Am. Jour. of Politics, March. 12 pp. Nicaragua Canal (The). John R. Proctor. Am. Jour. of Politics, March, 8 pp. Russian Agriculture, The Crisis of. Isaac A. Hourwich. Yale Rev., Feb., 21 pp. FRENCH. BIOGRAPHICAL. Bacon (Lord), a Great Prevaricator. Georges Lyon. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Feb. 1, pp. 16. A disparaging summary of the life of Bacon. Goldoni, His Centenary in Italy. Henri Montecorboli. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Feb. 15, pp. 8. Account of the greatest Italian comedy-writer, who died at Paris in great misery in 1793. Rouher at Cerçay After the War. Etienne Savary. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Jan. 1 and 15, pp. 8, 15. Conclusion of reminiscences of Rouher, who was called the Vice-Emperor, at his house of Cerçay, after the war of 1870. Une Exilée (An Exiled Woman). Pierre Loti. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Jan. 1, pp. 13. Second and concluding part of "Study of the Queen of Roumania," the paper relating to a young girl whom the author met at Bucharest and Venice, and who at one time was reported engaged to the Crown Prince of Roumania. Voltaire (Cardinal). Henry Buteau, Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Feb. 1, pp. 14. Showing how nearly Voltaire came to being made Cardinal through the intrigues of Madame de Pompadour. EDUCATION, LITERATURE, ART. Falstaff, from Shakespeare to Verdi. Henri Montecorboli. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, March 1, pp. 6. Maintaining that the Falstaff of Verdi's opera is an improvement on the Falstaff of Shakespeare. Halvard Solness. Henrik Ibsen. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Jan. 1 and 15, pp. 25, 19. Translation of the 2d and 3d acts of a three-act drama, of which the first act appeared in the No. for Dec. 15. Idealism and Realism in Romance. Savvas Pacha. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Jan. 1 and Feb. 15, PP. 5, II. First two of a series of papers. Music of Croatia. William Ritter. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Jan. 15, pp. 9. Descriptive article. POLITICAL. Franco-Russian Understanding in Regard to the Freedom of the Sea, 1778-1780. Peoples, The Free Grouping of. M. Novicow. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Feb. 1, pp. 1. Arguing that it would be for the advantage of all concerned to allow districts and provinces to secede when they like. Russians and Germans. Episodes of the Seven Years' War in the 18th Century. Alfred Rambaud. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Jan. 15, Feb. 1 and 15, pp. 25. 24, 16. First three of a series of historical papers à propos of a recent publication by a Russian, Colonel Masslovski. SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY. Genius, The Atavism of. Dr. Cesare Lombroso. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Feb. 15 and March 1, pp. 12, 11. Scientific article. Physiognomy. Emile Blanchard. Nouvelle Rev., Paris, Feb. 1, pp. 15. General observations on the subject. SOCIOLOGICAL. Jews (The) and Anti-Semitism. V. Jewish Provincialism and Cosmopolitanism. Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu. Rev. des Deux Mondes, Paris, Feb. 1, pp. 44. Fifth of a series of papers on the subject. Landed Property in France from Philip Augustus to Napoleon II. Primitive Masters and Modern Farm Rents. Viscount George d'Avenal. 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Why Not, and Why (New Ed.). Rev. William D. Powers. D. Appleton & Co. Paper, 50c. Wednesday, March 8. Current Events. A joint hearing on the Greater New York Bill is given by the Senate and Assembly Committees on Cities..... Vigorous protests are made against the Saxton Bill regarding the employment of children under sixteen years of age. ......Governor Werts, of New Jersey, vetoes the Bill taking the power of appointment from Mayor Wanser, of Jersey City......Application is made at Indianapolis for a receiver for the "Monon road.......General Eckert is elected president of the Western Union Telegraph Company. The trial of those accused of corruption in connection with the Panama Lottery Bonds Bill is begun in the Assize Court, Paris; Charles de Lesseps testifies at length, and his evidence proves quite sensational...... Leaders of the Conservatives in England approve, at a conference, Mr. Balfour's leadership of the party......The Reichstag Committee rejects the estimates for increase of the German Navy, notwithstanding the protest of Chancellor von Caprivi......The report of the Privy Council Committee which conferred with Mr. Blaine in 1892 is laid before the Canadian Parliament......It is reported, that the prospect of annexation has raised the prices of real estate and caused great enthusiasm in Hawaii. Thursday, March 9. In the Senate, the following nominations are received from the President: Josiah Quincy, Assistant Secretary of State; Isaac P. Gray, Minister to Mexico; Patrick A. Collins, Consul-General in London: Robert A. Maxwell, Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General......The President withdraws the Hawaiian annexation treaty.....In the Senate at Albany, the Bill to reimburse Governor Flower for the purchase of Fire Island, is passed; the Personal Registration Bill is recommitted......A motion to discharge the Committee from further consideration of race-track Repeal Bills is defeated in the New Jersey Assembly......All the railroads entering Chicago decide to grant no increase of wages to their switchmen......In New York City, the Academy of Medicine discusses the danger from the condition of the Croton watershed. In the Panama trials, M. Baihaut, ex-Minister of Public Works, confesses his guilt; M. Sans-Leroy and other defendants are examined.... Evicted Tenants' Commission presents its report to the British Parliament. ..It is said that Russia has made a proposal to Great Britain looking to the protection of seals...... The deposed Queen of Hawaii issues a statement of explanation, and protests against the attempt to deprive her of her throne, Friday, March 10. The A fire in Boston causes the loss of several lives, the injury of about thirty persons, and the destruction of $5.000.000 in property......In the New York Assembly, Mr. Farquhar introduces a Bill to revise the tax laws of the State. ......The Senate passes a Bill fixing the number of Brooklyn Bridge trustees at eight......The New Jersey Senate passes the Jersey City Appointment Bill over the Governor's veto...... In New York Čity, raids are made on poolrooms, but those arrested are generally discharged.... Two men are seriously injured by compressed air in the East River tunnel...... Harriet Hubbard Ayer is declared insane by a sheriff's jury. In the Panama trials, during M. Floquet's examination, a lively tilt occurs between the witness and Charles de Lesseps in which the spectators join, causing the Court to be cleared; MM. Clemenceau and Freycinet testify. .Mr. Gladstone refuses to receive a large delegation of anti-Home Rulers, who afterwards wait on Lord Salisbury. Saturday, March 11. The New Jersey Legislature passes a Bill prohibiting racing in December, January, and February, and adjourns sine die......Commissioners Castle and Thurston in interviews express strong opposition to the proposed protectorate over Hawaii......The Governor of Washington appoints Senator Allen to be his own successor in the United States Senate......An alliance is formed between the New York, New Haven, and Hartford and the Boston and Maine Railroad companies......In New York City, the Rapid-Transit Commissioners adopt a plan for the extension of the elevated railroad......A meeting of the University Settlement Society is held to decide upon plans to help the poor..... Major John Byrne offers to give $15,000 to the Irish fund.. In the Panama trials, sensational disclosures are made by M. Andrieux and Mme. Cottu; M. Bourgeois, Minister of Justice, resigns, there is much excitement in Paris......An effort by Ulster men to obtain arms in England is defeated by the British Government. Sunday, March 12. The State Department receives reports that strict precautions are taken against cholera among emigrants at Rotterdam and Hamburg......James W. Hyatt, ex-Treasurer of the United States, dies at Norwalk, Conn..... Joseph Massey, a jealous lover, at Quincy, Mass., shoots Mary Lafane and then himself......New York City physicians send a warning to the Legislature regarding the danger of cholera and ask for a hearing...... Dr. Edward H. Janes, Assistant Sanitary Superintendent of the Board of Health, dies..... Commissioner Louis J. Heintz dies. M. Develle is appointed temporary successor of M. Bourgeois in the French Cabinet; M. Soinoury, the police official accused by Mme. Cottu, resigns, The political complexion of the new Spanish Cortes is: Government, 322; Opposition, 92. Monday, March 13. In the Senate, a resolution to limit the business of the Special Session to executive matters is defeated......Floods cause great damage in many States; the Edison Company's loss at Schenectady, N. Y., is estimated at $500,000......General managers of the railroads entering Chicago are informed that their switchmen do not intend to strike...... The Court enjoins connecting roads from refusing to deliver freight to the Toledo, Ann Arbor, and Northern Michigan Railroad......A new Rapid-Transit Bill, favored by the labor unions of New York City, is introduced in the State Senate...... Mrs. Cleveland receives the Hawaiian Princess Kaiulani......Thomas C. Platt resigns the presidency of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company......In New York City, raids are made on a number of pool-rooms by order of Superintendent Byrnes, who says they must stop business...... Harry Kernell, the actor, dies at Bloomingdale Asylum. The French Chamber of Deputies sustains the Government by a vote of 297 to 228; as a witness in the Panama trials, ex-Minister Bourgeois declares Mme. Cottu's charges false; M. Soinoury testifies.. .Mr. Gladstone is confined to his bed with symptoms of influenza......The second reading of the Irish Home Rule Bill is postponed until after Easter. Tuesday, March 14. The Democratic caucus of the Senate makes public the programme for committee reorganization......The Ways and Means Committee of the New York Assembly decide to report favorably the Bill for an additional appropriation of $300,000 for the World's Fair......The stockholders of the New Eng. land Rallroad Company elect the directors' ticket headed by A. A. McLeod ......A call is issued for a convention of the Republican National League, to be held at Louisville. Ky., May 10......In New York City, a number of poolroom proprietors are put under bonds......Sales agents reduce the price of coal. 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