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WILLIAM CAMPBELL EDITOR
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earth and the sea and all things
which they contain, and He rest-
ed on the seventh. This is the
reason why He blessed and sanc-
tified the day of the Sabbath.”
,Z_-_. xx 8.) What a noble
model la here proposed to us,
dear brethren I It is God Him-
self who, creating the world and
resting at the and of His work,
says: ‘‘Oh man, toy child! Work
for six days, like thy Father, end
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sanctify the Sunday ae God and
the Church require.
Hitherto we have spoken for
workmen: what will I say to the
working women? I say that for
working women the Sunday's
tabor is no less, and perhaps
more, fatal than to the working
man, because young females
without a religious vein often
abandon themselves to their nat-
ural tastes, and because pas-
sionately attached to toilet and
finery, their daily wages soon
become insufficient and then
comes, with many, the barter of
innocence. No need of saying
more: go and ask public decency.
The registries of courts and
statistics of infanticide will ac-
quaint you with the rest, You
see, then, my dear brethren, that
the violation of Sunday tends
wholly to the disadvantage of
the working classes, which either
exhaust themselves before their
time by too assiduous labor or
waste themselves in those ex-
cesses which are common among
irreligious people.
And ye, the rich, whose cupid-
ity commands this flagrant in-
fraction of the law of God; have
you nothing to fear from this
crowd of laborers without faith
and morale? Do you think, my
friends, that you can always
sleep tranquil, whilst the pas-
sions of the populace excited by
your luxury, insuited by your
callousness, unchained by your
contempt of the Jaw of God, be-
hold your quickly-made fortune,
cemented with their sweat, and
wishing to enjoy it in their own
turn? Do you not already see
the symptoms of a deep irritation
in those plots and riots which
physical force may indeed check
for a while, but can not prevent
from reappearing more desperate
and dangerous? Behold social-
ism; lisU.o to its complaints and
threats; count the numberless
associations of workmen and ask
yourselves—who is to be blamed
tor it?
The profanation of Sunday is
not only fatal to the rich and
poor classes, but to the society
which it disturbs and dishonors.
Why does it disturb society?
Because without the rest of Bun-
day which, suspending materiel
labor, gives man leisure and im-
poses on him the obligation to
occupy himself with moral labor,
every kind of social amelioration
is impossible. Do you know
why? Because the evils of so-
ciety proceed from the soul, and
Christianity alone can apply a
remedy for the'evils of the soul.
Now, dear brethren, without the
Sunday rest there is neither time
nor space left for Christianity to
speak to society. And what will
be the character of a people
amongst whom the voice of
Christianity is no longer heard?
They will be without any re-
ligious bridle. They will be
staves to their passions. They
.... will be in a state of continual
8.) disquiet. Dear brethren, the
- daily record of events dispenses
me from the necessity of aaying
more, The profanation of Bun-
day diehonors society. What
composes society are the Indi-
vidual is immoral, immoral will
be society; and as the observ-
ance of Bunday is one of the
most important means to pre-
serve morality in the individual,
it follows that on its observance
EQtBTsd at the Pcstofike at Ssn An-
tonic,Tex.,as second clans mull matter.
are applied to us: nevertheless,
it is the same sacrifice of the
cross, because it -is the same
Priest and the same Victim. The
Mass, then, dear brethren, is of
all works the most holy, the most
divine, the most pleasing to God;
1 a work which can effectually
- 'disarm His anger, a work which
1 bestows on us abundance of
1 spiritual and corporal graces and
1 gives the blessed souls of Pur-
J gatory the greatest relief; a work,
says one of the Fathers, to which
' is attached the salvation of the
world. One single Maes, dear
brethren, has os much efficacy in
promoting the glory of God and
the salvation of men, as the sac-
rifice of the cross. (Tim., Hiero-
sol). Yet, how many Christiane
do not assist at Mass on Bundays
and feast days! r
men. And what is etill more
painful Is to see Catholic men
whose education and position in
society should move them to give
example to the people, who
should .be the first to be seen at
Mass days, are commonly the
ones who distinguish themselves
by their absence, thus encour-
aging by their bad example the
people to do ths same. They,
who should be the C__:
the commands of God and His
Church, are the ones who are i
more disobedient. Unfortunate 1
men! Let them read what God :
Himself says about such people: I
“For a most severe judgment <
shall be for them that bear rule; 1
for to him that ia so little, mercy i
ie granted: but the mighty shall |
be mightin gly tormented." (Wie- i
dom, vi.( 6, 7), Why will the 1
Almighty God punish so severely <
the mighty and great ones of the <
world? Because their bad ox- <. ic
®“P1?* seen by the public, draws fast from curiosity, sensuality, — — - ui
leaders Christian, called to be penitent festival wherever throug
ie nsouie I at all limb., butwl?h moreto". world an Irish comoJ
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1. 106 tost, says st. John ir_ h.
vpeop« pastas immoral, I dare to say? dew turbf-
L. WILLJAM MENGER, General
Maaajjer, to whom all rnoneyB should
be paid and communications addressed.
Office of Publication—No. 100 E.
Commerce Si., San Antonio, Texas.
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beasts of burden, nor the stranger | making us aeev^hn™vflr c°om-
who stays with you. For in six St. John says: “whosoever com(f
- • - ■ • -•«..------; antj miteth sin is the servant or sin.
How abominable, dear brethren,
must it be in the eyes of God that
on the day He selected to be
specially honored and glorified,
the day which should be employ-
ed in'holy deeds, by s deplor-
able abuse, a greater number of
sins is often committed than on
days devoted to labor; as for ex-
ample: dangerous walks, dan-
trerous dances, shows anti tav-
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®k®'Him1 rest on "ths seventh, persons Indulging in such prac-
- a > «. _ '•____ v-aar xshxynawvro tha 1 a nr fir Riindfi.Fr
of thy life; the seventh is an
tarings for a moment; there, the
repose of endless ages.”
There is no doubt, dear breth-
ren, that God could have re-
quired of His children more fre-
quent acts of public worship, but,
having consideration for our
weakness and the difficulties that
would accrue to those occupied
in worldly business, He wished
to make it easy for them, fixing
the time for its fulfillment, re-
moving the obstacles which could
hinder them. Hence, in order
that we should sanctify His day
as Ha desires, He forbids us to
occupy ourselves in any other
kind of work. Therefore, by the
third commandment God regu-
, Istes all the details of public wor-
ship which He requires from us,
and fixes the day on which eo-
■ I render Him public
honor and worship. This day
among the Jews was the Sab-
bath and among us It ie the Sun-
day; a change made by the
Apostles, which they might make
without infringing God's law.
Although the precept of sancti-
fying one day of the week ie im-
mutable and of natural law, yet
the precise day is not immutable;
in fact, it was really proper that
it should be changed, because
the special command .of God to
sanctify the Sabbath day was to
bo done away with at the time
when the other Judaic ceremon-
ies were rejected, namely, at the
death of Christ. Those cere-
monies were only a shadow of
the truth. They should,therefore,
end on the arrival of the truth,
our Lord, ae the shadow of night
disappears before the rising sun.
Behold, then, the reasons why
the Apostles substituted the first
day of the week called Sunday
or the Lord's day, for the Sab-
bath of the Jews. There are
other reasons which moved the
Apostles to change the day, but
we will pees them over and go
at once to what the third com-
mandment orders ua to do, and
we shall she that it commands us
to observe certain things and
forbids us to do others; The
meaning In Scripture of the
words “to keep holy the Sab-
bath" is to abstain from all
bodily labor and temporal busi-
ness. There are three kinds of
works: liberal works, mixed or
common works,and »e»wt7e works.
Liberal works are permitted on
Bunday. Those works are lib-
eral which exercise the mind
more than the body, which tend
directly to the cultivation of the
mind, and which are therefore
more generally practiced by per-
sons of independent condition:
as to read, to write, to draw, to
p—»nrm on musical instruments,
in a word, all things that pertain
mitted on Bunday, even though
done to earn money. Mixed or
common works are likewise per-
mitted on Sunday, provided one
does not run th? t:-'-, t’“.
good reason, of losing Mass firn
for instance those works which
exercisn the mind as much as
the body and which are common
to the Higher and lower classes
of society; for example, to walk
about, to drive, to sail, to hunt,
to play and to fish. But as to
Far the Week Ending fliarch 20,1309.
Sunday, 14-Third Sunday of Lent
Monday, 15 - St. Zachary, Pope and
ConfcHaor.
Tuesday, 1(5—Votive office of the Holy
Apostles.
Wednesday, 17-St. Patrick, Bishop
and Confess or.
Thursday, 18—St. Gabriel, Archanvol. .
Friday, 19—St. Joseph, Spouse of Our ctetv should
Lady; Patron oZ the Universal honQr d
vnuren.
Saturday, 20-St. Cyril of Jerusalem,
Bishop, Confessor and Doctor.
PASTORAL^LETTER
[ daily bread. Let us eee how we
must sanctify Sunday. The third
. command of God, after forbidding
i ail works contrary to the sancti -
. fication of Sunday, prescribes
( some other things which we arc'
, to perform, and which I desire
. you to note well before speaking
; of the most sublime act that is
commanded us on this day by
the Church, under pain of griev-
ous sin. Those things are, for
instance, to hear the word of
God, to assist at catechism, to
receive the Sacraments, to in-
struct the ignorant, to console
the poor and the sick, in a word
to perform spiritual and corporal
works of charity according to
one's state and condition; all
these things are so many excel-
lent means to sanctify Bunday
and holy days which we earnest-
ly beg of you to practise when-
ever possible. But among all
the acts of piety there ie one
which is prescribed under mortal
sin and that is the Holy Mass.
Blessed be the Church which
has given us this command!
Never did she show herself more
a mother towards us; because
the Mass,being the most excellent
act of religion, ie also the most
excellent means fto honor God
and to draw down His sanctify-
ing blessings upon us.
What will I say of this august
sacrifice? Though one should
speak the language of angels, ft
would be impossible for him to
tell the excellency of this sublime
mystery, wrought on our altars.
To comprehend the excellency
of the sacrifice of the Maes it is
sufficient to know that it is a
continuation of the Sacrifice of
the Cross; that it is a memory, a
representation, or better, as I .
said, a continuation of the same
sacrifice which the Bon of God,
Jesus Christ, offered on Mount 1
Calvary for our redemption and
to deliver us from the slavery of '
sin. The only difference between
the sacrifice of our altars and 1
that of Calvary is that on the 1
cross Jesus shed all His blood to 1
pay the price of our redemption; *
and on our altars it ie without 1
the effusion of blood; because at *
the sacrifice of the Mass the 1
Of Rt. Rev. Peter Verdaguer, D.
D., to the Very Rev. and Rev.
Clergy, Secular and Regular,
and to the Faithful of Hi»
Vicariate.
Rev. Fathers and Dearly Be-
loved Brethren: Our holy faith
teaches that our soul, immediate-
ly after separation from the body,
shall appear before the tribunal
of God to be judged according to
Re deeds. “It is appointed unto
men once to die and after this
the judgment.” (Heb. ix, 27.)
Those who during their lives did
the will of God, keeping His com-
mandments, will hear the ssu-
fence of a happy eternity in
heaven; and on the contrary,
sentence of everlasting suffering
in hell will be pronounced again at
those who did not observe them.
“Keep the commandments;”
(Mat. xix, 17) such was the an-
< swer of Jesus to the young man
of the Gospel who asked Him
what ha had to do to enter into
..life.
But, my dear brethren, we
must observe not only the pre-
septs of God, but also those of
Hie Church; for Jesus,address-
ing the chiefs of His Church,
said: “As the Father hath sent
me, I also send you: all power is
given to me in heaven and on
MB. earth: going therefore, teach ye
Bill----all nations. Amen, amen I say to
Mi you: Whatsoever you shall bind
earth shall be bound also in
■I'heaven; and whatever you shall
Illiv; loose on earth, shell be loosed
<{Also in heaven.... He that hear-
;eth you, heareth me; end he that
g||/:despise th you, desplseth me ;and perfoi
jjWr be that daspiseth me, despieeth a wu.M, ail .umgo ma, param
M ■ "Him that sent me.... And if ha to the liberal arts are works per-
M will not hear the Churorf let him
EBB be to the® us the heathen and the
llll^ijrobllcan.” (St. John x-xx, 21;
S Mark, xviii, 19; Luke x, 10; Mat.
IS xvili, 17.) “The Church: that is
HI the prelates and tiuperiore who
.are her heads and leaders. ■ As
E-. heathens and publicans: that is,
r" se man incorrigible, incurable;
ss men separated from the
Church.”—St. Thomas.
The Church, therefore, accord-
Ing to those words, has been en- . . — ------- ---
dowed in the person of St Peter bunting and fishing it is particu-
And the Apostles, that is, the lariy allowable when they do not
Pope and the Bishops, with the require any great labor, such as
power to legislate in religious * mere chase and a simple rod
■ : matters. This appears clearer and line. Yet, dear brethren,
still, if w consider the Church tet me make an» observation,
: in order to make men embrace ^hing or traveling on Sunday te
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My d^riTSgeThTrwThe^^^ «nder your jurilSS
,WoU. « pH. .. 55- »< O- ^V‘aeJ10„ „ g«;u. « g pu„. !». o. P?™.ry, w|
self intimates to us in the book Vicar Apostolic of Bro|^
of Leviticus: f*If you will not -------
hear Me, nor do all My c°m-
‘ mandmente; if you despise My
lews and contemn My judgments,
so ae not to do those things
which are appointed by Me....
I also will do these things to you:
I will quickly visit you with pov-
erty. ...you shall sow your seed
in vain, which shall be devoured
by your enemies... .1 will break
the pride of your stubbornness.
....The ground shall not bring
forth her increase, nor the trees
their fruit.” (Levit. xxvi). In
the earn® Holy Bible, we read
that by the command of God a
man was sentenced to death for
working on the Sabbath. The
man was presented to Moses and
Aaron and accused of the crime,
Moses and Aaron, not knowing
what to do, consulted the Lord
who answered: “Let the man
die; let all the multitude atone
him outside of the camp.” (Exod.
xxviii).
Dear brethren, when we reflect
that it is God Himself who, in-
finite in goodness ae well as in
justice, commands such a pun-
ishment, how can we be mistaken
concerning the enormity of the
evil that is committed by pro-
faning the day which ie reserved
to Him I This tragic event, which
was a lesson and warning to the
Israelites, should be much more
a warning to ub Chriblians, end
move us to be most faithful ob-
servants of the sanctification of
Sundays and holidays, conse-
crating oureelvee wholly to the
service of the Lord, giving up
entirely everything that may
make ub forget thia most essen-
tial obligation.
Since we are in the holy sea-
son of Lent, allow me to make
some observations and make
them the subject of our medita-
tions, Lent, us you know, is a
time of prayer to dispose our
souls to properly celebrate the
great paschal solemnity, b time
during which we may cleanse
and purify our souls by spiritual
exercises, eo as to be fit to re- 1
...» u, ...» Ui000 4U„ ceive worthily (aa the Church ,
merits of the Sacrifice of Calvary oommande) the Holy Sacra-
—.. , .. . J mente of Confession and Com- ,
munion at Easter.
Dearly beloved, remember that
Lent is a time which God par- 1
ticulariy claims for Himself ae |
being set aside for Him. The
time of Lent, therefore, ought to ,
be for people who live in the
world, what a spiritual re treat is *
for religious communities, ao that 1
retired ae much as possible from *
the nolee and distraction of the
world.they may enter into them-
selves, end take a correct view
of the whole state of their con-
science. This is the time for us
ail to see and examine how the
eoul stands in relation to God, to
its neighbors and to itself; the,
most proper time to 'search dili-
gently after such secret sins as
are apt to lie lurking in the soul,
Particularly disguised by some pretext of
good, or wrapped in the folds of
self-love. In a word, now is the
time to acquire a true knowledge
of ourselves, in order to apply
the proper remedy to all our
evils, and to lay the solid foun-
dations of a good life for the fu-
ture. I entreat you all, then,
moat dearly beloved, whether
you are able to fast or not, to ab-
. „, stein from all things which are
first to obey contrary to the true spirit of this
_j ,t,_ holy season. Above'all, avoid
sin, and not only sin but every-
thing that has the semblance of
it. Abstain from all worldly
pleasures during this season,
If we Cannot crucify our flesh by
fasting, we must ohastlee it by
general mortification of the - -
senses and faculties, which have was heard and grdnted fe
l«^-t0Mny inJ?[nP0,,anoe °r attested in the unshake
ea?s, the^oZe Znd^li’ ± ‘ion °f th(‘ Iriah rtt<”
other senses ought likewise , to Jhfoue»> ages of pei|
fast from curiosity, sensuality, *the teachings of Patri
to-day. It is attested!
When notifying ua of a change of ad-
dieaa pleore give us the former place
at reside ace as well as thennswiidareea.
CcmmonlettdotiB for publicadt
reaching this office by Tuesday w..
appear till iusuo of foil owing week.
' ST. PATRICK’S 13
III I „
Ae the festival of
tron Saint approHohes^O
of Irishmen the world\w
uratly turn to the
the famous Apostle
work was the beginnM
foundation of the reccO
ligion, civilization,
patriotism which the i||
cherishes with pride
in as its most precieti^
inheritance. There is,:|||
or more touching examp^
votion to native land W
of the children of EritfS
each recurrence of the w
Saint's festival so enth'u^
ly honor the name and w
St. Patrick and recall O
ahd triumphs of theirii|g
nation. J
The celebrations at oW
memorate two of the hiffl.
tuee, love of God and r«|
land, and evoke as miM|
tion from Ireland's |||
daughters to both theis^
of the human heart aslll
forth by other peoptei||
occasion of some great
or conquest or goodfH
And doubly significant^
facts that these celebriO
not occur once in a lifete@
annually, and with an W|
newing vitality, and tbu|
take place all over the]||
Wherever an Irishman liw
he la to be found on eyO
of the globe wherever t|ffi
white men, in the hauntsi^
ilization or amid, ssvageO
or trackless wilds, therei^g
anniversary of St. POg
remembered and observe^!
on that day will the avip|
and eloquent story roliO
the world in one oori^j
harmonious echo, rivallO
famous “drumbeat” of m|
time enemy heard all w
globe. ;|g
And not alone to oft
women of the Irish raoffl
everyone with Celtic blcxd|
veins does --the nameSbfO
rick bring joyous and^
memories. The ohlldrenjft
other races, too, have r®
recall hie name with giM
Bt. Patrick, we all kno^||
Apostle of Ireland, but ho|
the less an. Apostle of tiSg
world. Fired with zeal f«||
glory, kindled in their bj||
St. Patrick, his sons oviH
Europe and penetrated ialg
clime, eager to make alljW
sharers of their living f^M
their active love of GddM
ths hero Aeneaa, In VirfW
may truthfully, gratef^H
claim: regia VmR
nostri non plena laborisP^Ssi
clime under heaven butl|O
with the fruits of our
Good reason have we ali;^fl
God and bless Him oh^H
rick’s Day. ||||
It was ths dying praya^B
ures during this season, Saint that the people wiOl
those which may bejawful. had glven hitlj might evO
true to the faith :-that':|^
taught them. How th^g
J M. vfcwU, .
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Dallas; the Rt.
Bishop of San i
Rev. Peteb VrocAi
totic of Brownsville.
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*n.;‘!bauchGt,y a, potion
all other worldly and sensual at.
win be religious; and they■ will son -on days oC fasting. “Thte
son against God, forbidden a
hundred times by the Supreme
penalties. (Exod. xvi, 23;
is supposed that one can mock
G»u mm impunity, it
admitted that the bold
of this fundamental tew is
continual eouro® of
to individuals and nations. ,
to individuate,
simple remark tc
the excussB they give for work-
without be oited of
hunger or misery, for having depends, in a great measure,
■**“ t: “_.L Sun- th® welfare of society: hence,
day I - Remember this well, dear the rest on the Lord’s day, look-
k™.!,—. ,k— ----- ing at it from thte point of view,
is also necessary for the national
honor. That is why many States
and nations have forbidden
every kind of work on Sunday;
and we can not understand why
it is that there are yet many
places where the authorities .are
so inconsiderate that, instead of
encouraging veneration ’ for the
Lord’s day by their example and
their wise dispositions; ^and in-
stead of protecting the social
order and hotter, too zealous of
a misunderstood liberty of con-
science they ftllow public works
on Sunday; thus teaching the
people contempt of Gad, and
hi m a-rift a Sfe: I
j to thus hop® proves deceitful.- eavt—look at EnHn
SSSSS? asi?
SHESS SSaSE * =?=gy? s
days devoted to labor;
ample: dangerous wain.»,
gitrcus dances, shows unr'
ern-vlaiting., Can we eey__that
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The =ix days of toil are an image tices observe the law of Sunday i
»; .u, — Dp they give to God the exterior
image of thy eternity: here, suf- worship we owe to Him, as our
- - - - — ----->-3 Father and Redeemer? Surely
not, because the Lord did not
. merely say, “Thou ebalt not
. work on the Lord’s day,” but He
. added—-“sanctify It;” which
t proves, my dear brethren, that
1 the Sabbath day (now Sunday)
; is a day sacred to religion and
[ set apart for works of piety and
i exercises of devotion. Those,
. then, dear brethren, who employ
such days for noisy gatherings,
; bad company, dancing, drunken-
■ ness and debauchery, moat cer-
tainly don’t observe Sunday, for
, their conduct is a einful desecra-
tion of such a day. Yet, dear
brethren, auch is the manner in
which many Christiane, even
young ladioa, with the consent of
their parents, observe such holi-
days. Is it strange, dear breth-
ren, that almost every Monday
we read of many serious acci-
dents, fights, and we see
fortunes lost,families that yester-
day were wealthy and to-day al-
most bagging; yesterday the
leaders of cities and to-day they
are nothing? It is not strange;
it la in punishment for having
profaned the Lord’s day.
"WhatI" cries 8t. John Chrysos-
tom, "Bunday has been given to
you to expiate the sins of the
week by prayer and penance, :
and you devote it to the commis-
sion of new sine! And of a day ,
which ought to be the holiest of j
all days, you make the worst of {
the whole weekl” “O!” ex- ,
claims the same Saint, "be on ,
your guard; for the Lord eaye j
through the mouth of the Prophet
Ezechiel, 'they have profaned by
numberless crimes the day which 1
f have reserved for My worship; ’
and I threaten to pour out My
indignation upon them and to .
accomplish my wrath in the
desert.’ ” (Ezech. xx., 21).
But, dearly beloved, if neither .
gratitude to God and the loie
and obedience you owe Him, nor
the punishments with which He
threatens those who desecrate
His day, move you, be wise at
least, and observe it for your
own personal sake; that is the
only thing that will give you
some happiness while you are in
this world.
The profanation of days con-
secrated to rest, besides being a
great ein, is also a misfortune to
operatives and to society. First,
it is a sin, a crime of high trea-
son again st God, forbidden a
Legislator under the most severe
_ .uwt,,®,, JhVl| XX,8.J
And, dear brethren, unless it
God with Impunity, it must be
violation
a . .
punishment viduate; therefore, if each Indi-
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I make only a
. -------io answer some of
the excuses they give for work-
ing on Sundays; let one example
be o;i;i cf a person who died of
|111n>eeiW i _ U- I. .
been unwilling to work on
> - ..vu.uu.vo. turn wen, t
brethren, those who work on
Bunday are neither happier nor
richer at the end of the year. It
la often quite the contrary: God
does not bless a work that te
performed against His command.
But this te not ail. The pro-
fanation of Sunday turns wholly
to the spread of disorder; so
that habitual labor on Sunday
becomes a seed of Iniquity aqd a
ticket of recommendation to a
wotkhouse. Ye poor artisans,
who all the week go through
5""“ “ins like machines in
unwholesome atmospheres! ye
poor laborers, who bear the bur-
den and the heat of the day I it
Beams to you that with another
hv8L° “ ?«■«• a T°8U0hP8
«*a.-.beobmla| incapable agriculture 1Sr
aggSSWaS igiissS
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