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soit pas une calamité publique."-BRILLAT SAVARIN.

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

HENRY, EARL OF HAREWOOD,

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF BY-GONE

HAPPY YEARS,

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BY

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