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Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…
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answers or ideological solutions to the problems facing humanity. Furthermore, on the personal level, Montessori had no reason…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…
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answers or ideological solutions to the problems facing humanity. Furthermore, on the personal level, Montessori had no reason…

NAMTA Journal 12/1 03 An Overview of Adolescence

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Erikson, E. Identity. Youth and Crisis. (New York: Norton Press, 1968). Erikson, E. The Problem of Ego Identity, Journal of…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 03 Interview: The Kodaikanal Experience (Kahn-Montessori Interview)

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THE KODAIKANAL EXPERIENCE Kahn-Montessori Interveiw From late 1942 to March, 1944, Maria Montessori was interned against her…
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was taking the RAFers through enemy territory to a place near Bel- gium where they could cross to go back home. And my two…
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Kahn: Another part of Cosmic Education are the charts and the time- lines. Doesn't your original work in Kodaikanal run…
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child can experience in nature that there is something eternal, present everywhere and always, which seems to have organized…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 03 The Montessori Movement (1956)

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director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 01 The Contribution of Maria Montessori

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10. Jerome S. Bruner, Toward a Theory of Instruction (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Universiry Press, 1966). I l. Alexis Carrel,…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 08 The Montessori Adolescent: Frameworks for Invention

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Don't call it Montessori. If it works along Montessori lines, that is good. But there is no Montessori method for the…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 03 Literacy and the Oral Foundations of Education

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ground. New York: Oxford University Press. Opie, I., & Opie, P. (1985). The singing game. New York: Oxford University…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 08 What Are the Language Arts For?

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WHAT ARE TIIE LANGUAGE ARTS FoR? by Maxine Greene, Ph.D. In this passionate essay, Maxine Greene depicts the isolation- &…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 06 The Child and the Adult

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References Albe rich, E. 0972). Natura e compiU di u.rza catechesi modenza. Torino-Leumann: LDC. Aquinas, St. T. (tr. 1941…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 06 Education in Relation to the Imagination of the Little Child

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Greek art has survived all other arts as though it were immortal and superior to them all. Truth positively sought for is…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 03 Theories of Play

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Bornstein, B. (1935). Phobia in a two-and-a-half-year-old child. Psa. Quart., 4. Erikson, E. H. (1937). Configurations in…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 04 The Casa of Sèvres, France

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The silence game outdoors. One day we had a special visitor on the lawnduringour silence-it was Mahatma Gandhi. He was…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 05 Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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answers or ideological solutions to the problems facing humanity. Furthermore, on the personal level, Montessori had no reason…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 07 Transforming Children into Storytellers

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in character as you switch from person to person. Many storytellers find that if they can put themselves into each character…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 04 Flow and Creativity

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As they grew up in adolescence, almost all of these people felt, of course, marginal, because they did not conform to the…
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Every one of the people we interviewed has the same rhythm. It may be a daily rhythm, that is, they work alone from 7 in the…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 01 Mario Montessori: In Search of a Deeper Freedom, A Life's Journey of Educational Ideas

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universe; for one must encounter the facts of nature so that the imagination can build its vision of the whole based in the…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 04 The Impact of India

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Kodaikanal, India THE IMPACT OF INDIA by Mario M. Montessori Looking back on the checkered life of Dr. Montessori in this…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 05 The Kodaikanal Experience: Kahn - Montessori Interview

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Kodaikanal, India THE KooAIKANAL EXPERIENCE: KAHN-MONTESSORI INTERVIEW by David Kahn David Kahn: You once alluded to…
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of creation should fashion that the e it but absorb it i h~y will feel that o lace to live in, a p ace w ere generosity…
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had its cosmic task. And some of these tasks were not pleasant for human beings. The children might consider the task horrible…
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contained by a cylinder, it pushes together. When you take the sides of the cylinder off, it pushes together. Then you…
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Montessori: Yes. In the olden times, Dr. Montessori had the children up to six, and then from time to time would keep children…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 06 The Unconscious in History

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Kodaikanal, India THE UNCONSCIOUS IN HISTORY by Maria Montessori In the book The Absorbent Mind, the influence of the &…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 05 The Montessori Family and Me

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She was a teacher, a leader, and a charismatic personality, but she was full of humanity and fun. She felt you could not live…
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ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 09 Evolution of Adolescent Behavior

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Ever since the "agricultural revolution," cultural evolution has tended to reduce the opportunities for…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 13 Children's Participation: Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care

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Orr, D. W. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. Albany: SUNY, 1992. Piaget,J. TheGtild…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 15 Story Upon Story

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follow the interests of the children and our own interests, too. We must be readers, scholars, "storytellers of the…
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woman in Europe. Eleanor looked to King Louis for help and he offered his sixteen-year-old son, also Louis, to become her…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 08 Science and Faith: Maria Montessori's Principles of Education

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the child from scholastic slavery nor, even more, from annoy- ing results. The same Froebe I, whose education of children was…

NAMTA Journal 24/3 02 Artistic Expression and the Unfolding Self: Expressive Adults, Expressive Children

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credit cards, lasers and the ball point pen. We lived before pan tyhose, dishwashers, dryers, electric blankets, air con-…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 03 Foreword to The Secret of Childhood

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The newspapers criticized; Dr. Maria Montessori was asked what she meant by her speech, and she writes that she scarcely knew…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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The newspapers criticized; Dr. Maria Montessori was asked what she meant by her speech, and she writes that she scarcely knew…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 06 The Genius of Montessori History

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In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the…
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The Greek word cosmic has four complementary and interwoven meanings. On its basic level, it means order and harmony; then…
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The third thing we should understand is that elementary children were full partners in the creation of cosmic education. The…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 04 Optimal Developmental Outcomes for the Child Aged Six to Twelve: Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional…

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ment. Knowledge is what the human mind strives to acquire and what gives the child a rewarding life. MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE…
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REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, & Kevin Rathunde. "The Devel- opment of the Person: An Experiential…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 22 Why Not Consider Erdkinder?

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MONTESSORI HIGH SCHOOL by H.J. Jordan Dr. Jordan, a collaborator with Maria Montessori, speaks of his conceptual framework…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 23 A Historical Look at Montessori's Erdkinder

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ciphers; and as many excellent pupils are produced by traditional schools, we must be careful not to equivocate and do…
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ideas of Erdkinder out of this milieu is the thesis that the documenta- tion in this paper seeks to demonstrate. She as much…
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road to achieving economic independence." A big difference, perhaps the largest difference, of the Erdkinder when…
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from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 24 The Origins of Agrarianism and the Development of the Self

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really meant is often arduous work and could potentially make prac- tical implementation more complicated, but in our desire…
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INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXTS CONCERNING ERDKINDER Excerpted from Winfried Bohm. International Montessori Bibliogra…

NAMTA Journal 27/3 12 The Natural World as Prepared Environment

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trembled in the morning sun. They were golden, translu- cent, amazing sheaves of wheat. The light drove down the shafts of…
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Annan, K. We the Peoples. New York: United Nations Publications, 2000. BBC. Soul. Three part video series. London: BBC-TV,…
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Hoffman, E. Visions of Innocence. Boston: Shambhala Pub- lications, 1992. Huchingson, J. E. (Ed.) Religion and the Natural…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 10 Bonding with the Natural World: The Roots of Environmental Awareness

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We also know children have a special attraction to the natural world because when you involve them in design projects they…
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Chawla, Louise. "Significant Life Experiences Revisited." Journal of Environmental Education 29.1 (1998,…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 03 An Interview with Camillo Grazzini: Celebrating Fifty years of Montessori Work

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context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 09 Question and Answer: The Environment for the Six to Twelve Year Old Child

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Baiba Krumins and Camillo Grazzini, 2002, Paris, France l06 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 29, No. 1 • Winter 2004

NAMTA Journal 29/1 11 Contrasting Land and Water Forms: The Method in Practice

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Once upon a time, there was a Montessori manufacturer who produced this material in an erroneous fashion: The concept of pen…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 13 Maria Montessori's Cosmic Vision, Cosmic Plan, and Cosmic Education

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MARIA MONTESSORI'S COSMIC VISION, COSMIC PLAN, AND COSMIC EDUCATION by Camillo Grazzini INTRODUCTION Some time ago I…
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And also: "This solidarity between human beings, which projects itself into the future and is sunk in the remotest…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 16 Mario M. Montessori is Dead: Chronicle of a Ceremony

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the training of Montessori teachers: in Europe (Bergamo, Dublin, London, Paris, Perugia, Rome); in Asia (Bombay, Colombo,…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 17 My Tribute to Mario Montessori

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with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 22 Camillo 26-01-04

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with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen…
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the training of Montessori teachers: in Europe (Bergamo, Dublin, London, Paris, Perugia, Rome); in Asia (Bombay, Colombo,…
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And also: "This solidarity between human beings, which projects itself into the future and is sunk in the remotest…
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MARIA MONTESSORI'S COSMIC VISION, COSMIC PLAN, AND COSMIC EDUCATION by Camillo Grazzini INTRODUCTION Some time ago I…
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Once upon a time, there was a Montessori manufacturer who produced this material in an erroneous fashion: The concept of pen…
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Baiba Krumins and Camillo Grazzini, 2002, Paris, France l06 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 29, No. 1 • Winter 2004
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context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than…

NAMTA Journal 29/3 01 Muriel Dwyer: A Lifelong Explorer of a Montessori Kind

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There are two groups of children, two "Case" that I can never forget (there are pictures of them in the hall…
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Dwyer, Muriel. "Opening of the 52nd Montessori Interna- tional Course in Child Development." Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 11 Project 2012: History Whither Bound from Childhood to Adolescence?

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Bruner, Jerome. "Man: A Course of Study." Toward a Theory of Instruction. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1966…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 12 The Great River

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THE GREAT RIVER by Baiba Krumins Grazzini The Great River is sometimes referred to as a metaphor for human unity, which has…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 12 Montessori Without Borders

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CONCRETIZING COSMIC EDUCATION IN INDIA: A MONTESSORI HISTORICAL ACCOUNT by Ela Eckert Ela Eckert's detailed account of…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 13 Concretizing Cosmic Education in India: A Montessori Historical Account

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House and a Montessori elementary school were from the beginning and for many decades an explicit part of the educational…
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classes existed for students from the ages of six to twelve, but in Kodaikanal Maria Montessori developed cosmic education as…
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about this: " ... when coming to Kodaikanal, a whole new world opened up for Mario. He was mostly experimenting and…
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Because of its seclusion, the population of Kodai grew slowly despite the favorable climate, and always there were many more…
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and finally abandoned. Remaining are unique archives with histori- cal documents about the Jesuit missionaries in southern…
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children, the Swedish and the Jewish school, as well as a few Catholic schools for the children of Tamil families. How was…
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opened a small school, where she began working with four children and eventually, together with other Indian women, cared for…
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Maria Montessori probably was notable to appreciate the unusual diversity of nature with the same open-mindedness with which…
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Museum of the Sacred Heart College, founded by two priests between 1920 and 1940, was frequently visited by both Montessoris…
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attempts I made to dig out information about Maria Montessori's stay and work in Koda i. My inquiries were frequent! y…
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found herself for a time in a frustrating professional isolation: no official notice or acknowledgement of her work, no…
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switched to the KIS, where her parents worked) responsible for her lifelong interest in learning and education is quite…
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between human beings and the cosmos comes up over and over again. For that reason, Maria Montessori, with her discourses about…
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-------------------------------- ---- and Hindu religion deepened, the cosmic idea came to the fore. Shankar Dutta Panday, a…
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On the other hand: The gradually concretized splendid vision of a cosmic education developing into a comprehensive didactic…
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Millier, F. Max. Einleitung in die Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft-Vier Vorlesungen und zwei Essays, gehalten an der…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 05 Envisioning the Whole Third Plane: Montessori Erdkinder and Urban Adolescent Programs Help Each Other

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ENVISIONING THE WHOLE THIRD PLANE: MONTESSORI ERDKINDER AND URBAN ADOLESCENT PROGRAMS HELP EACH OTHER by David Kahn David…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 27 The Montessori Potential at the Grove School

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dable task. The need for facilities, general funding, staffing, and the increasing demands of the post-secondary community all…

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