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Abelard, 150 f.
Achan, 18, 29, 60, 104
Addams, Jane, 144
Æschylus, 112, 116, 139
Æsthetic, in Greek valuation of conduct, 91, 112, 116 f., 133 f., 135 n., 137, 406, 410
Agency, public, see Public Agency;
rationalizing, 40-2;
socializing, 42-8
Altruism, discussion of theories concerning, 384-91;
altruistic springs, 385;
true and false, 387-8;
contrasted with social justice, 389
Amos, 85
Approbation, 399, 402
Angell, 9
Aquinas, Thomas, 150
Aristophanes, 112
Aristotle, on the criterion of a moral act, 12, 37, 202;
on nature and the natural, 7, 127 f.;
on the State, 127 ff.;
EudÆmonism, 134;
the "mean," 134;
on "highmindedness," 135;
on the reflective life, 138;
on the good man, 279, 324;
on the right, 306 n.;
on justice, 414;
referred to, 230, 455
Arnold, M., 91, 338
Art and arts, as a rationalizing agency, 41 f.;
as a socializing agency, 45 f.;
create new interests, 79 f.;
Hebrew, 107;
Greek, 112, 114 f.;
mediÆval, 147, 149;
Church and modern, 155;
as a good that is sharable, 559
Asceticism, 145, 185, 366, 576
Attitude, defined, 229;
emphasized by one type of theory, 236-7, 240;
relation to will, 246;
see Motive and "How"
Augustine, 150
Aurelius, Marcus, 136
Authority, of group, 26 f.;
behind customs, 52;
in Israel's religion, 96 f.;
of custom challenged in Greece, 111 ff., 119 ff.;
of the church, 145-7;
conflict of reason with, 165 f.;
of duty, 344;
in the family, 599 f.;
see Duty, Control, Standard
Autonomy, as essence of moral duty, 225;
Kant's conception of, 169, 346, 352;
in later utilitarianism, 361;
in State and the family, 599 f.;
see Control, Duty, Law, State
Australian customs, marriage, 22;
initiatory, 58 f.;
regulated duel, 63
Bacon, Francis, 4, 164, 165
Bacon, Roger, 164
Bagehot, 53
Bain, on happiness, 265;
on utilitarianism, 286;
his account of duty, 356-8
Balzac, 189
Bayard, Chevalier, 149
Benevolence, 160 f., 375-91
Bentham, on motive, 228, 247-8, 354;
on moral science, 235;
on disposition, 254-5;
on pleasure and happiness, 264, 286;
on utilitarian calculus, 275-6;
denial of quality of pleasure, 282;
on pleasure of sympathy, 291;
democratic individualism of, 525
Blackstone, 578
Blood feud, 28, 62 f., 70, 456
Boniface VIII., Bull of, 147
Bosanquet, Helen, 584, 595 f.
Bryce, James, 146
CÆsar, 18

Capital and labor, 499, 501 f., 505 f., 532, 542 f.
Capitalism, as method of industry, 78, 158-60, 498 f., 508, 538, 545;
see Capital, Corporation
Carelessness, 462-4
Carlyle, criticism of individualism, 161, 192;
of utilitarianism, 265, 289 n.
Casuistry, 325-8
Categorical Imperative, 344
Celts, clan system of, 144;
see also Ireland, Welsh
Character, formation of, 9 f.;
organization of, in group morality, 72;
in Hebrews, 104-6;
among Greeks, 138-41;
relation to desire and deliberation, 202;
moral importance of, 229, 233;
relation to will, 246;
relation to conduct, Chapter XIII.;
and disposition, 254-7;
measures the pleasant and unpleasant, 277-9;
unification of, 283;
its reconstruction, 343, 362;
recognized by law, 460 f.
Charity, in Middle Ages, 146, 157;
and right to life, 444;
see Benevolence
Chastity, 146, 177
Chief, authority of, 61
Child-labor, 193 f., 444, 489, 538, 540 f.
Chinese customs, 17 f., 69
Chivalry, 149 f.
Christian conceptions, love, 100;
sacrifice, 102;
faith, 103;
freedom, 108;
social order, 109, 187;
asceticism and authority, 145 f., 364;
unity of members, 147;
moral value of labor, 156;
relation to social order, 184 ff.;
see Church, Hebrew
Church, its contribution to modern morality, 142;
its ideals, 145;
and jural theory of morals, 218 f.;
its influence on history of the family, 576-8;
see also Religion
Cicero, 152
Civil Society, Chapter XXI.;
defined, 451;
reform of its administration, 471-3
Clark, J. B., 542
Class ideals, of Greeks, 116 f.;
of Germans and Celts, 144 f.;
honor and, 86 f.;
as source of moral terms, 175 f.
Class interests, 84, 94, 119-24, 127, 162, 474
Closed shop, 559-61
Collective Agencies, see Corporations, Labor Union, Public Agency, Socialism
Collectivism, its formula, 484;
contrasted with socialism, 556
Colonna, Ægidius, 147
Communism, 161
Competition, modern theory of, 158, 531, 542;
tends to destroy itself, 532, 538;
crude method of selecting ability, 559;
Carlyle on, 161
Conduct, as subject of ethics, 1;
two aspects of, 2;
three stages of, 8-10;
three levels of, 37-9;
first level, Chapter III.;
second level, Chapter IV.;
third level, Chapters V.-VIII.;
nature of, 205, 237-8;
relation to character, Chapter XIII.;
place of happiness in, Chapter XIV.;
place of reason in, Chapter XVI.
Conflicting services, problem of, 493
Conscience, transition from custom to, 73 f., 179;
Greek symbols of, 139 f.;
Stoic suggestion of, 140 f.;
with Abelard, 151;
meaning of, 183, 188 f.;
analysis of, see Intuitionalism, Knowledge, Reason
Conscientiousness, 405, 434
Consequences, Chapter XIII.;
importance of, 234-5, 238;
denied by Kant, 242-4;
when foreseen form intention, 247;
practical importance, 251;
as moral sanctions, 358-60;
as self-realization, 392;
accidental, 459-60;
careless, 463
Content, see Consequences, and "What"
Contracts, versus status, 20;
theory and value of, 158, 452 f., 496;
of little benefit to wage-earner, 503-5, 529 f.;
as obstacle to legislation, 505 f.;
analyzed, 527 ff.
Control, the right as, 7;
in primitive group, 26-9, 32, 34, 52;
primitive means of enforcing, 54 ff.;
challenged in Greece, 118 ff.;
problem of, 217-9;
theories concerning, 225, 232;
external and internal, 353-61;
self-control, 407;
see Jural, Law, Standard, Right
Convention, in Greek morals and ethics, 111 f., 124 f.
CoÖperation, and mutual aid, 43;
in industry, 43;
in war, 44 f.;
in art, 45 f.;
as organized in corporations and unions, 495-507
Corporations, moral difficulties of, 498;
management of, 500 f.;
relations to employÉs and public, 501 ff.;
require new types of morality, 517-22;
capitalization of, 561 ff.
Corruption, political, 477, 537-9
Coulanges, 19
Courage, 42, 1;
specific problem of, 2;
method of, 3-13
Ethos, meaning, 1;
Chapter IV., 175
EudÆmonism, 134, 230;
see Happiness, Self-realization
Euripides, 112, 116, 139
Evil, problem of, in Israel, 100 ff.
Excitement, and pleasure, 408
Ezekiel, on personal responsibility, 104
"Fagan, J. O.," 503
Family, or Household Group, 23-31;
as an agency in early society, 47-9;
as affected by reflective morality, 193;
and contract, 453;
history of, 571-8;

psychological basis of, 578-84;
strain in, 584-9;
present factors of strain in, 590-4;
and the economic order, 594-9;
authority in, 599-603;
and divorce, 603-5
Feelings, the hedonistic ultimate, 225;
an ambiguous term, 249-51;
Mill on importance of, 294
Feud, see Blood Feud
Fichte, 490
Fisher, G. P., 143
Fiske, John, 581
Franchises, abuses of, 539
Franciscans, 149 f.
Francke, Kuno, 149
Freedom, Pauline conception, 108;
formal and real, 158 ff., 437-9, 483 f., 525 f., 529, 549;
see Rights
Freund, E., 555
Galileo, 164
Genetic Method in Ethics, 3
Gentleman, in Greece, 116 f.;
mediÆval and class ideal of, 144 f., 149, 155-7
Genung, J. F., 102
George, Henry, 162, 510 f.
Germans, customs of, 18, 53;
character and ideals, 143 f., 149;
family among, 575 f.
Golden Rule, 334
Good, the, as subject of ethics, 1, 7 f., 12, 203-5, 215, 236, 241;
origin of the conception of moral, 183 f.;
in group morality, 69-72;
Hebrew ideals of, 107-9;
significance in Greek thought, 113, 117, 119, 124;
Greek individualistic and hedonistic theories of, 126;
Plato on, 131-4, 136 f., 140;
Aristotle on, 134 f., 138;
and modern civilization, 154 ff., 557 f.;
as happiness, 169, Chapter XIV.;
private and general, 289-300, 308;
the true, 208, 284, 302;
good men as standard, 279, 324;
rational and sensuous, 337;
wealth as, 487;
see Happiness, Value
Goodness, 233, 251;
formal and material, 259 n.;
of character, 279;
and happiness, 284;
and social interest, 298;
intrinsic, 318-20;
and progress, 422;
see Virtue
Government, distrust of, 474;
reform of, 479-80;
see also State
Gray, J. H., 17
Greeks, early customs, 18 f., 46;
compared with Hebrews, 91 f.;
moral development of, 111-41, 197, 215, 217 f.
Green, on duty, 225;
on hedonism, 269;
on practical value of utilitarianism, 287-8;
on moral progress, 429
Grosscup, Judge, 552
Grote, 19, 172 f., 178
Group ideal, mediÆval, 144 f.;
see Class Ideal
Group Life, early, Chapter II.;
necessary to understand moral life, 17;
typical facts of, 17;
kinship, 21 ff.;
family, 23 ff.;
ownership of land in, 24;
other economic aspects of, 25 f.;
political aspects of, 26-30;
rights and responsibilities of individual in, 27-30;
religious aspects of, 30-2;
age and sex groups in, 32-4;
moral significance of, 34 f.
Group Morality, 34 f., 51 ff.;
values and defects of, 68-73;
in early Hebrew life, 92;
in Middle Ages, 144 f.;
persistence of, 173-8;
in legal progress, 456;
and international relations, 481 f.;
in industrial conflicts, 500
Habit, and character, 9 f., 12, 202;
effect on knowledge, 319;
effect upon desire, 342-3
Hadley, A. T., 475 n., 488, 563
Hammurabi, Code of, 82, 105, 574
Happiness, and pleasure, 230, 263;
ambiguity in conception of, 266;
relation to desire, 272-4;
as standard, 275-80;
elements in its constitution, 281-3;
final or moral, 284;
general, 286;
and sympathy, 300-3;
and efficiency, 373;
private and public, 395-7;
see EudÆmonism, Good
Hazlitt, on Bentham, 268;
on excitement, 409 n.
Hearn, 24
Hebrews, early morality, 18;
moral development, 91-110;
compared with Greek, 91
Hedonism, 230;
Hebrew, 106 f.;
Greek, 126, 132 f.;
criticism of, 269-75;
universalistic, 286;
egoistic character of, 289-94;
Kant's, 309;
paradox of, 352;
its theory of duty, 353
Hegel, on institutional character of morals, 225-6
High-mindedness, Aristotle's description of, 135 n.
Hobhouse, L. T., on formation of custom, 54;
on social order and individuality, 428;
on the family, 575 f., 577
HÖffding, 253 n.
Honesty, 188, 414, 496
Honor, 85-8, 144 f., 176
Hosea, 95
Hospitality, in group morality, 67
"How," the, in conduct, 5-8, 228 f., 240;
in group morality, 69 f.;
in Hebrew morality, 102 ff.;
in Greek ethics, 136 ff.;
see Attitude
Howard, 576
Ibsen, 82, 100, 157, 303, 588
Ideal, vs. actual in Greek thought, 136-8;
meaning of, 421 f.
India, customs of, 26, 63, 524
Indians (American), 25, 43, 54, 60

Indifferent Acts, 205-6, 210-11
Individual, the, in early group life, 20, 22 f., 27-30, 34, 71 f.;
collision of with group, 74, 75 f., 82 ff., 88, 184-7, 432;
among Hebrews, 104;
development of, in modern civilization, 148-69;
as affected by reflective morality, 187-92;
and society, 427-36;
relation to corporations
and unions, 500-3;
see Individualism, Self
Individualism, as factor in transition from custom to conscience, 75;
forces producing, 76-87;
in Israel, 94, 102, 104;
in Greece, 114-24, 432;
in Greek ethical theory, 124-6;
in modern world, 149-63, 184-6, 265;
on the quality of pleasure, 279-80;
on utilitarian standard, 286;
on general happiness, 290;
criticism of Bentham, 293;
on desire for social unity, 294, 295, 296;
on personal affections, 299 n.;
on general rules, 330;
as democratic individualist, 525;
on private property, 553 f., 556;
on equality in the family, 601
Monasticism, 149 f., 185 f., 187;
women under, 576 f.
Moral, derivation of term, 1 f.;
characteristics of, 5-13, 49 f., 51, 73, 89, 201-11;
conceptions, derivation of, 175-7;
differentiation of, 177-92;
see Morality
Morality, customary or group, 51 ff.;
defined, 73;

Hebrew, 91 ff. (Chapter VI.);
Greek, 111 ff. (Chapter VII.);
Modern, 142 ff.;
customary and reflective, compared, 171 ff.;
subjective and objective, 259;
Kant's view of, 309-10;
social nature of, 431;
and legality, 433, 439;
changes in, necessitated by present economic conditions, 496 f., 517 ff.
Mores, or customs, Chapter IV.;
definition, 51;
authority and origin of, 52-4;
means of enforcing, 54-7, 172
Moses, 82
Motives, 216, 228, 237;
in customary morality, 70;
purity of, insisted on by Hebrews, 105 f.;
relation to effort and achievement, 243-6;
relation to intention, 246-54, 257-8, 261;
hedonistic theory of, criticized, 273, 288-92;
sympathy as, 298-300;
Kantian view of, 346-8;
egoistic, 379-80;
altruistic, 385-6;
in business, 538, 541 f.
Naturalism, ethical, 369-75;
and individualism, in the economic, 525, 532-4;
see Nature
Nature, opposed to convention among Greeks, 111 f., 124-31, 135;
in modern development of rights, 152 f.;
versus artificiality of society, 221 f.;
see Naturalism
Nemesis, 132, 139
Newton, 165
Nietzsche, 82, 122, 370 n.
Nineteenth Century, development of intelligence in, 163
Obligations, 186;
and responsibility, 440;
and rights, 441;
see Duty
Opportunity, equal, 526 f., 549
Optimism and courage, 412-3
"Oregon case," decision of U. S. Supreme Court in, 540
Ought, 176;
see Duty
Owen, 161
Paley, 354 n.
Parsifal, 149
Parties, political, 478
Paul, his ethics, 100, 108 f.
Peace, as moral ideal, 108
Perfectionism, 231
Pessimism, and courage, 413
Pindar, 122
Plato, on the necessity of the moral sense, 2;
moral influence of art, 42;
duty to strangers, 67;
on measure, 112;
religious critic, 116;
on the "gentleman," 117;
presents arguments of individualists, 120 ff.;
on the State, 127, 129 f.;
on the good, 131 ff.;
on pleasure, 132 f.;
on the ideal, 136 ff.;
on the self, 140;
on rule of wealthy, 491;
on private property, 494
Pleasure, good measured by, among early Hebrews, 107;
Greek doctrines of, 125 f., 132 f.;
not the object of desire, 269-71;
quality, 279, 282, 300;
relation to happiness, 230, 281-3;
and sympathy, 291-2;
control of, 407-8
Police Power, 505-7, 540 f., 555 f.
Pollock and Maitland, 460, 576
Post, 61
Principles, 179;
nature of, 333-4;
as motives, 350-2
Problems of Moral Theory, Chapter XI. (211-23);
classified, 201, 214-5, 239, 263, 307
Production, moral cost of, 489;
efficiency of, in individualistic systems, 527;
regulation of, 528 f.
Property, in primitive groups, 24-6;
taboo as substitute for, 55;
as factor in growth of individualism, 79 f., 83, 94, 119 f.;
Plato on, 130;
the Church on, 146 f.;
and wealth, 487 f.;
and character, 490;
social aspects of, 491 f.;
private, and social welfare, 493-5;
implies public service, 515-7;
value of private, 551;
defects in present system, 551 ff.
Prophets, Hebrew, 99 f.
Protagoras, 2
Protestantism, conception of marriage, 577

Public Agency, theory of, 525, Chapter XXV.;
advantages claimed by, 537 ff.
Public ownership, 494 f.
Publicity, necessity of, 511 f., 520 f.
Punishment, as necessitating moral judgment, 96 f.;
evil viewed as by Hebrews, 96 f., 101;
and duty, 353-5;
and justice, 417;
and social welfare, 442-3;
and intent, 461;
reform of, 470
Puritans, conception of God-given rights, 152;
of art, 155;
emphasized value of work, 156
Reason, as element in the moral, 10, 12, 40-2;
as standard among Greeks, 91, 131 f., 134;
age of, 163, 166;
see Chapter XVI.;
defined, 306;
relation to desire, 308;
a priori of Kant, 310;
is social, 315;
value of principles, 333;
and sympathy, 334;
opposition to desire, 338, 340;
and virtue, 405;
and conscientiousness, 418-23
Religion, in early group life, 30-2;
socializing force, 81 f.;
moral agency among Hebrews, 94-102;
Greek, 115 f., 139-41;
ideals of mediÆval, 145-7;
modern development of, 148-50;
and customary morality, 180;
in reflective morality, 195 ff., 432, 448;
as sanction of the family, 582;
see Church.
Renaissance, 163 ff.
Responsibility, collective, in group life, 17-20, 63, 70, 102;
development of personal, 104 f., 141, 153, 158, 182 f.;
meaning of, 436-9;
for accidents, 458-60;
for carelessness and negligence, 463-5;
as affected by modern economic conditions, 500-3, 519 f.
Reverence, 30 n., 59, 71, 140, 407
Revolution, American, 152;
English, 151;
French, 152;
Industrial, 159, 591
Riehl, W., 595
Right, as subject of ethics and moral judgments, 1-3, 37 f., 201-3, 215, 218, 224, 307 ff.;
meaning of, 7 f., 177, 182 f., 224 f.;
as standard, 7, 69, 89, 97;
among Hebrews as righteousness, 102-4, 109;
among Greeks as justice, 113 f., 140;
see also Jural, Justice, Law, Reason, Standard
Righteousness, typical theme in Hebrew morality, 91 f., 99, 101, 102 ff., 109, 188;
as justice, 414;
see Right, Justice
Rights, development of, 83 ff., 151 ff.;
natural, 152 f.;
modern assertion of, 186;
and freedom, 440;
and obligations, 441;
physical, 442-4;
mental, 445-9;
civil, 452;
contract, 452;
of association, 453;
to use of courts, 454;
development of civil, 456-66;
political, 473-4
Ritual, 55
Romanticists, on art and morality, 155
Rome, government and law, contribution to modern morality of, 142, 152, 218, 222;
patriarchal family, 572, 574 f.
Ross, E. A., 520
Rousseau, 152 f., 221
Rules, general, 325-35;
and casuistry, 326-8;
and legalism, 328-9;
utilitarian view of, 329-32;
distinguished from principles, 333-4
Sanctions, Bentham's theory of, 354;
internal, 359
Sceptics, 135, 218
Schiller, 42;
on Kant, 349
Schopenhauer, 82
Schurtz, 33
Science, as agency in effecting the transition from custom to conscience, 78-80;
in Greek development, 114-9;
in modern period, 155, 167 f.;
influence on morals, 469, 473-6;
as promoting justice, 557-9;
and family problems, 593 f., on egoism, 378 n.;
also 265 n.
Stevenson, Mrs. M. C., 66
Stoics, the "wise man" of, 135;
on following nature, 136;
on inner self, 140;
natural law, 136, 142, 152, 222;
on conflict between the moral and the actual order, 185;
cosmopolitanism, 187;
on control of passions, 217
Sumner, on "mores," 51;
on luck, 53;
on taboo, 55;
on Ethos, 175;
gladiatorial shows, 189;
on relation between goodness and happiness, 396 n.
Sutherland, 48
Sympathetic Resentment, 44, 49, 70;
see Sympathy
Sympathy, as factor in socialization, 11, 35, 44;
fostered by art, 45 f.;
and family life, 47 f.;
and hospitality, 68;
when moral, 49, 70;

in the moral judgment, 141 n.;
modern development of, 160 f.;
Bentham's view of, 291-2;
Mill's view of, 293-4;
importance of, 298-9;
principle of knowledge, 334;
and duty, 348-9;
and efficiency, 370-3;
and thoughtfulness, 465;
see Sympathetic Resentment
Taboos, 55, 60 f.;
Hebrew, 96;
survival of, in modern life, 174
Tariff, protective, 560
Taxation, 555
Teleological, types of moral theory, 224;
see Good, Value
Temperance, 405-10;
Greek view of, 117, 406;
Roman, 407;
Christian, 408
Theodorus, 126
Theory, relation to practice, 4, 212, 606;
types of, classified and discussed, 224-39;
see also Problems
Thomas, W., 584
Thoreau, 489
Totem groups, 30
Torts, 455
Toynbee, A., 492
Trades Unions, see Labor Union
Unearned Increment, 510 f., 564 f.
United States, individualism in, 554;
Supreme Court decisions, 555 f.
Utilitarianism, relation of, to modern civilization, 169;
theory of intention, 246-52;
theory of the good, Chapters XIV. and XV.;
method of, 275;
introduction of the idea of quality, 279;
its social standard, Chapter XV.;
theory of general rules, 329-31;
theory of duty, 353-61;
see also Bentham, Mill
Valuation, changed basis of, 508-11;
see Value
Value, as "higher and lower," 6, 197;
the good as, 7 f., 12;
measure of, among Hebrews, 107 f.;
question and standard of, among the Greeks, 116, 119, 125 ff.;
in modern civilization, 153-7, 169, 194;
transformation of, 186 f., 558;
moral, and incompatible ends, 207-9;
and teleological theories, 224;
of Good Will, 241
Veblen, T. B., 488, 515, 592
Vices, of reflective stage of morality, 189 ff.
Virtue, 230, 397, Chapter XIX.;
origin of term, 156, 176;
general meaning, 230, 397;
in Greek popular usage, 117 f.;
as "mean," 134;
as wisdom, 135;
highmindedness as, 135;
meaning in group morality, 176;
"old-fashioned," 188;
defined, 399-402;
classified, 402-3;
aspects of, 403-4;
cardinal, 405
Voltaire, 166, 195
Voluntary Action, its nature, 9 f., 201 f.;
essential to morality, 12 f., 39, 49 f., 73, 89;
agencies tending to evoke, 57, 75 ff.;
covenant as implying, 95;
fundamental, in Hebrew morality, 91, 105 f.;
relation to moral theories, 227;
divided into "inner" and "outer," 227-30, 237-9, 261, 432;
place of motive and endeavor, 243-6;
place of disposition, 254-8;
and accident, 459-60;
see Conduct
War, as agency in development, 42, 44, 66, 84;
and right to life, 442 f.;
and organized humanity, 482
Wealth, in Israel, 93 f.;
in Greece, 119 ff.;
and property, 487 f.;
subordinate to personality, 514;
should depend on activity, 514 f.;
implies public service, 515-7;
distribution of, 521 f., 545 ff.;
see Property
Welsh, kin group, 29, 61
Wergild, 30, 62
Westermarck, 67, 70, 459
"What," the, meaning of, 5-8;
in group morality, 71;
in Hebrew morality, 102 ff.;
in Greek theory, 125 ff.;
relation to the "how" as outer to inner, 228-39;
see Attitude, Consequences, "How"
Wilamowitz-MÖllendorf, 18
Windelband, 126
Wisdom, as chief excellence or virtue with Plato, 118;
Aristotle, 135;
Sceptics, Epicureans, and Stoics, 135;
as standard for pleasure, 133;
nurse of all the virtues, 405;
as conscientiousness, 418-23
Woman, as "leisure class," 157, 188;
as laborer, protection for, 489, 540;
and the family, 572 ff.;
subordination of, 574 f.;
her temperamental and occupational distinction from man, 584 ff.;
effect of industrial revolution upon, 591 f.;
and occupations, 594 ff.;
determines consumption, 598 f.;
use of higher training for, 599, 602;
see Family, Marriage, Sex
Work, see Industry, Labor
Worth, see Value
Wyclif, 150
Xenophon, 115 f.
ZuÑi ceremonies, 66

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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