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	He died on his birthday, [[January 19]], 1953.		He died on his birthday, [[January 19]], 1953.
	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==

	~~The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=delville&method=all 22 articles by or about Delville].~~

	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
			* The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Jean+Delville&s=author 9 articles by Delville]''' and '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Jean+Delville&s=title 13 articles about him]'''.
	* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/delville-jean Delville, Jean] at Theosophy World.		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/delville-jean Delville, Jean] at Theosophy World.
	*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/jean-delville-painting-spirituality-and-the-esoteric Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric] by Lynda Harris in ''Quest'' 90 no.3 (MAY - JUNE 2002).		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/jean-delville-painting-spirituality-and-the-esoteric Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric] by Lynda Harris in ''Quest'' 90 no.3 (MAY - JUNE 2002).

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	Deville's first publicly exhibited painting was a large canvas called ''Le Cycle Passionel'' of a nude woman. He was just eighteen, and the year was 1885.		Deville's first publicly exhibited painting was a large canvas called ''Le Cycle Passionel'' of a nude woman. He was just eighteen, and the year was 1885.
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	Young Delville depicted the whirlwind of sensual desire and lewdness which Dante had described in the ''Inferno''. The picture caught the attention of the art-critics by its disclosure of a new genius of the brush who possessed not only phenomenal skill but great power of conception. It also struck the note of exalted seriousness which has characterised all his work... [his pictures], while classical in their structural and technical perfection, made no concession to softness or sentimentality and always made the affirmation of power and chastity.<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville" ''The Theosophist 47.3 (December, 1925), 398.</ref>		Young Delville depicted the whirlwind of sensual desire and lewdness which Dante had described in the ''Inferno''. The picture caught the attention of the art-critics by its disclosure of a new genius of the brush who possessed not only phenomenal skill but great power of conception. It also struck the note of exalted seriousness which has characterised all his work... [his pictures], while classical in their structural and technical perfection, made no concession to softness or sentimentality and always made the affirmation of power and chastity.<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville" ''The Theosophist 47 no.3 (December, 1925), 398.</ref>
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	=== Exhibitions at Salons de la Rose+Croix ===		=== Exhibitions at Salons de la Rose+Croix ===

	Sâr Joséphin Péladan (1858 -1918) created the Order of the Rose+Cross of the Temple and the Grail in Paris, 1884. Delville met Péladan in in 1887 or 1888, and adopted Rosicrucian ideas. "Between 1892 and 1895, he exhibited paintings in the Sâr’s Paris Salons of the Rose+Cross. After 1895, Delville dissociated himself from the Sâr, though he remained true to many of the latter’s esoteric concepts."<ref>Lynda Harris. "Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric." ''The Quest'' 90.3 (May-June 2002), 94.</ref>		Sâr Joséphin Péladan (1858 -1918) created the Order of the Rose+Cross of the Temple and the Grail in Paris, 1884. Delville met Péladan in in 1887 or 1888, and adopted Rosicrucian ideas. "Between 1892 and 1895, he exhibited paintings in the Sâr’s Paris Salons of the Rose+Cross. After 1895, Delville dissociated himself from the Sâr, though he remained true to many of the latter’s esoteric concepts."<ref>Lynda Harris. "Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric." ''The Quest'' 90 no.3 (May-June 2002), 94.</ref>

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	His drawing, executed in chalks in 1892, is strikingly otherworldly. In it Delville depicts the young woman as a medium in trance, with her eyes turned upwards. Her radiating red-orange hair combines with the fluid astral light of her aura.		His drawing, executed in chalks in 1892, is strikingly otherworldly. In it Delville depicts the young woman as a medium in trance, with her eyes turned upwards. Her radiating red-orange hair combines with the fluid astral light of her aura.

	The hot colors that surround Mrs. Merrill’s head allude to the earthly fires of passion and sensuality. On the other hand, the book on which she rests her chin and long, almost spectral hands is inscribed with an upward-pointing triangle, which represents Delville’s idea of perfect human knowledge, achieved (as he says in his Dialogue), through magic, the Kabbalah, and Hermeticism. As has been widely recognized, the painting, with its references to occultism and wisdom seems to hint at initiation. In that case, the woman’s red aura might refer to her sensual side, which will become more spiritualized as she moves into a different stage of development.<ref>Lynda Harris. "Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric." ''The Quest'' 90.3 (May-June 2002), 94.</ref>		The hot colors that surround Mrs. Merrill’s head allude to the earthly fires of passion and sensuality. On the other hand, the book on which she rests her chin and long, almost spectral hands is inscribed with an upward-pointing triangle, which represents Delville’s idea of perfect human knowledge, achieved (as he says in his Dialogue), through magic, the Kabbalah, and Hermeticism. As has been widely recognized, the painting, with its references to occultism and wisdom seems to hint at initiation. In that case, the woman’s red aura might refer to her sensual side, which will become more spiritualized as she moves into a different stage of development.<ref>Lynda Harris. "Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric." ''The Quest'' 90 no.3 (May-June 2002), 94.</ref>
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	== Theosophical Society involvement ==		== Theosophical Society involvement ==

	Delville became a member of the [[Theosophical Society]] in the late 1890s; probably he was introduced to [[Theosophy]] by [[Édouard Schuré]] (1841 -1929), who was a member of the Society from 1884-1886. "In his [Delville's] book ''The New Mission of Art'' (1900), he drew connections between Theosophy and the ideas of Schuré... he added a tower to his house in Forest, painting the meditation room at the top entirely in blue, with the Theosophical emblem at its summit."<ref>Lynda Harris. "Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric." ''The Quest'' 90.3 (May-June 2002), 94.</ref> "Besant gave a series of lectures in Brussels in 1899 titled "La Sagesse Antique" ["Ancient Wisdom"]. Delville reviewed her talks in an article published in ''Le Thyrse'' that year.<ref>Jean Delville, 'A propos de la Sagesse Antique. Conference de Mme Annie Besant', ''Le Thyrse'' 9 (September 1, 1899), pp. 65-6.</ref> Also in 1899, Delville founded ''La Lumière'', a Theosophical journal. He later wrote for ''La Revue Théosophique Belge''.<ref>"Theosophical Magazines" ''The Theosophist 30 no.9 (June, 1909), 390.</ref>		Delville became a member of the [[Theosophical Society]] in the late 1890s; probably he was introduced to [[Theosophy]] by [[Édouard Schuré]] (1841 -1929), who was a member of the Society from 1884-1886. "In his [Delville's] book ''The New Mission of Art'' (1900), he drew connections between Theosophy and the ideas of Schuré... he added a tower to his house in Forest, painting the meditation room at the top entirely in blue, with the Theosophical emblem at its summit."<ref>Lynda Harris. "Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric." ''The Quest'' 90.3 (May-June 2002), 94.</ref> "Besant gave a series of lectures in Brussels in 1899 titled "La Sagesse Antique" ["Ancient Wisdom"]. Delville reviewed her talks in an article published in ''Le Thyrse'' that year.<ref>Jean Delville, 'A propos de la Sagesse Antique. Conference de Mme Annie Besant', ''Le Thyrse'' 9 (September 1, 1899), pp. 65-6.</ref> Also in 1899, Delville founded ''La Lumière'', a Theosophical journal. He later wrote for ''La Revue Théosophique Belge''.<ref>"Theosophical Magazines" ''The Theosophist'' 30 no.9 (June, 1909), 390.</ref>

	Delville was a founder of the '''Theosophical Society in Belgium''' and served as its first General Secretary in the years 1911-1913, with Gaston Polak succeeding him.<ref>"General Secretaries Past and Present," ''The Theosophical Year Book, 1938'' (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 152.</ref> He was a follower of [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]] and National Representative of the [[Order of the Star in the East]].<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville, Theosophist Painter-Poet." ''The Theosophist'' 47.3 (December 1925), 397.</ref>		Delville was a founder of the '''Theosophical Society in Belgium''' and served as its first General Secretary in the years 1911-1913, with Gaston Polak succeeding him.<ref>"General Secretaries Past and Present," ''The Theosophical Year Book, 1938'' (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 152.</ref> He was a follower of [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]] and National Representative of the [[Order of the Star in the East]].<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville, Theosophist Painter-Poet." ''The Theosophist'' 47 no.3 (December 1925), 397.</ref>

	[[File:Prometheus Symphony art.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|Cover of score for Scriabin's ''Prometheus'']]		[[File:Prometheus Symphony art.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumb\|Cover of score for Scriabin's ''Prometheus'']]
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	Dr. Cousins, who greatly admired Russian painter [[Nicholas Roerich]] as well as Deville, also wrote: "Jean Delville of Belgium, who, if Roerich be Castor in the firmament of art, is assuredly his true brother Pollux."<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville, Theosophist Painter-Poet." ''The Theosophist'' 47.3 (December 1925), 396.</ref>		Dr. Cousins, who greatly admired Russian painter [[Nicholas Roerich]] as well as Deville, also wrote: "Jean Delville of Belgium, who, if Roerich be Castor in the firmament of art, is assuredly his true brother Pollux."<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville, Theosophist Painter-Poet." ''The Theosophist'' 47 no.3 (December 1925), 396.</ref>

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	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
	* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/delville-jean Delville, Jean] at Theosophy World.		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/delville-jean Delville, Jean] at Theosophy World.
	*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/jean-delville-painting-spirituality-and-the-esoteric Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric] by Lynda Harris in ''Quest'' 90.3 (MAY - JUNE 2002).		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/jean-delville-painting-spirituality-and-the-esoteric Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric] by Lynda Harris in ''Quest'' 90 no.3 (MAY - JUNE 2002).
	*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Delville# Jean Delville] at Wikipedia		*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Delville# Jean Delville] at Wikipedia

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	He died on his birthday, [[January 19]], 1953.		He died on his birthday, [[January 19]], 1953.
	== ~~Other~~ resources ==		== Additional resources ==

	The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=delville&method=all 22 articles by or about Delville].		The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=delville&method=all 22 articles by or about Delville].

	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
	* ~~Harris, Philip S. "Delville, Jean." ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 2006), 191-192. Available at~~ [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/delville-jean Delville, Jean] at Theosophy World.		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/delville-jean Delville, Jean] at Theosophy World.
	*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/jean-delville-painting-spirituality-and-the-esoteric Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric] by Lynda Harris in ''Quest'' 90.3 (MAY - JUNE 2002).		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/jean-delville-painting-spirituality-and-the-esoteric Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric] by Lynda Harris in ''Quest'' 90.3 (MAY - JUNE 2002).
	*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Delville# Jean Delville] at Wikipedia		*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Delville# Jean Delville] at Wikipedia

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	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
	* Harris, Philip S. "Delville, Jean." ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 2006), 191-192. Available at [~~http~~://theosophy.ph/~~encyclo~~/~~index.php?title=~~Delville,~~_Jean Theosopedia~~].		* Harris, Philip S. "Delville, Jean." ''Theosophical Encyclopedia'' (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 2006), 191-192. Available at [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/delville-jean Delville, Jean] at Theosophy World.
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1447#~~ Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric] by Lynda Harris		*[https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/jean-delville-painting-spirituality-and-the-esoteric Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric] by Lynda Harris in ''Quest'' 90.3 (MAY - JUNE 2002).
	*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Delville# Jean Delville] at Wikipedia		*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Delville# Jean Delville] at Wikipedia

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	== Theosophical Society involvement ==		== Theosophical Society involvement ==

	Delville became a member of the [[Theosophical Society]] in the late 1890s; probably he was introduced to [[Theosophy]] by [[Édouard Schuré]] (1841 -1929), who was a member of the Society from 1884-1886. "In his [Delville's] book ''The New Mission of Art'' (1900), he drew connections between Theosophy and the ideas of Schuré... he added a tower to his house in Forest, painting the meditation room at the top entirely in blue, with the Theosophical emblem at its summit."<ref>Lynda Harris. "Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric." ''The Quest'' 90.3 (May-June 2002), 94.</ref> "Besant gave a series of lectures in Brussels in 1899 titled "La Sagesse Antique" ["Ancient Wisdom"]. Delville reviewed her talks in an article published in ''Le Thyrse'' that year.<ref>Jean Delville, 'A propos de la Sagesse Antique. Conference de Mme Annie Besant', ''Le Thyrse'' 9 (September 1, 1899), pp. 65-6.</ref> Also in 1899, Delville founded ''La Lumière'', a Theosophical journal.		Delville became a member of the [[Theosophical Society]] in the late 1890s; probably he was introduced to [[Theosophy]] by [[Édouard Schuré]] (1841 -1929), who was a member of the Society from 1884-1886. "In his [Delville's] book ''The New Mission of Art'' (1900), he drew connections between Theosophy and the ideas of Schuré... he added a tower to his house in Forest, painting the meditation room at the top entirely in blue, with the Theosophical emblem at its summit."<ref>Lynda Harris. "Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric." ''The Quest'' 90.3 (May-June 2002), 94.</ref> "Besant gave a series of lectures in Brussels in 1899 titled "La Sagesse Antique" ["Ancient Wisdom"]. Delville reviewed her talks in an article published in ''Le Thyrse'' that year.<ref>Jean Delville, 'A propos de la Sagesse Antique. Conference de Mme Annie Besant', ''Le Thyrse'' 9 (September 1, 1899), pp. 65-6.</ref> Also in 1899, Delville founded ''La Lumière'', a Theosophical journal. He later wrote for ''La Revue Théosophique Belge''.<ref>"Theosophical Magazines" ''The Theosophist 30 no.9 (June, 1909), 390.</ref>

	Delville was a founder of the '''Theosophical Society in Belgium''' and served as its first General Secretary in the years 1911-1913, with Gaston Polak succeeding him.<ref>"General Secretaries Past and Present," ''The Theosophical Year Book, 1938'' (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 152.</ref> He was a follower of [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]] and National Representative of the [[Order of the Star in the East]].<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville, Theosophist Painter-Poet." ''The Theosophist'' 47.3 (December 1925), 397.</ref>		Delville was a founder of the '''Theosophical Society in Belgium''' and served as its first General Secretary in the years 1911-1913, with Gaston Polak succeeding him.<ref>"General Secretaries Past and Present," ''The Theosophical Year Book, 1938'' (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 152.</ref> He was a follower of [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]] and National Representative of the [[Order of the Star in the East]].<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville, Theosophist Painter-Poet." ''The Theosophist'' 47.3 (December 1925), 397.</ref>

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	* ''Les Chants dans la Clarté'' Bruxelles: à l’enseigne de l’oiseau bleu, 1927. "Songs in Clarity." Poetry.		* ''Les Chants dans la Clarté'' Bruxelles: à l’enseigne de l’oiseau bleu, 1927. "Songs in Clarity." Poetry.

			[[File:Jean Delville and Annie Besant.png\|right\|230px\|thumb\|Delville with Annie Besant]]
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	Delville became a member of the [[Theosophical Society]] in the late 1890s; probably he was introduced to [[Theosophy]] by Édouard Schuré (1841 -1929), who was a member of the Society from 1884-1886. "In his [Delville's] book ''The New Mission of Art'' (1900), he drew connections between Theosophy and the ideas of Schuré... he added a tower to his house in Forest, painting the meditation room at the top entirely in blue, with the Theosophical emblem at its summit."<ref>Lynda Harris. "Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric." ''The Quest'' 90.3 (May-June 2002), 94.</ref> "Besant gave a series of lectures in Brussels in 1899 titled "La Sagesse Antique" ["Ancient Wisdom"]. Delville reviewed her talks in an article published in ''Le Thyrse'' that year.<ref>Jean Delville, 'A propos de la Sagesse Antique. Conference de Mme Annie Besant', ''Le Thyrse'' 9 (September 1, 1899), pp. 65-6.</ref> Also in 1899, Delville founded ''La Lumière'', a Theosophical journal.		Delville became a member of the [[Theosophical Society]] in the late 1890s; probably he was introduced to [[Theosophy]] by [[Édouard Schuré]] (1841 -1929), who was a member of the Society from 1884-1886. "In his [Delville's] book ''The New Mission of Art'' (1900), he drew connections between Theosophy and the ideas of Schuré... he added a tower to his house in Forest, painting the meditation room at the top entirely in blue, with the Theosophical emblem at its summit."<ref>Lynda Harris. "Jean Delville: Painting, Spirituality, and the Esoteric." ''The Quest'' 90.3 (May-June 2002), 94.</ref> "Besant gave a series of lectures in Brussels in 1899 titled "La Sagesse Antique" ["Ancient Wisdom"]. Delville reviewed her talks in an article published in ''Le Thyrse'' that year.<ref>Jean Delville, 'A propos de la Sagesse Antique. Conference de Mme Annie Besant', ''Le Thyrse'' 9 (September 1, 1899), pp. 65-6.</ref> Also in 1899, Delville founded ''La Lumière'', a Theosophical journal.

	Delville was a founder of the '''Theosophical Society in Belgium''' and served as its first General Secretary in the years 1911-1913, with Gaston Polak succeeding him.<ref>"General Secretaries Past and Present," ''The Theosophical Year Book, 1938'' (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 152.</ref> He was a follower of [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]] and National Representative of the [[Order of the Star in the East]].<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville, Theosophist Painter-Poet." ''The Theosophist'' 47.3 (December 1925), 397.</ref>		Delville was a founder of the '''Theosophical Society in Belgium''' and served as its first General Secretary in the years 1911-1913, with Gaston Polak succeeding him.<ref>"General Secretaries Past and Present," ''The Theosophical Year Book, 1938'' (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 152.</ref> He was a follower of [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]] and National Representative of the [[Order of the Star in the East]].<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville, Theosophist Painter-Poet." ''The Theosophist'' 47.3 (December 1925), 397.</ref>

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	Theosophist [[James Cousins\|Dr. James Cousins]], an ~~Irish~~ Irish writer, critic, and teacher, wrote of his first meeting with Jean Delville:		Theosophist [[James Cousins\|Dr. James Cousins]], an Irish writer, critic, and teacher, wrote of his first meeting with Jean Delville:
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	I here thank God (or whoever it was) who led me in the summer of 1925 to the presence of Jean Delville in Brussels and to the discovery of one of the world's master-artists and most exalted geniuses - an artist who, on the peak of achievement in his craft and in its recognition among those who know, counts it not inexpedient to be publicly identified with Theosophy, and wears, as naturally as he wears his coat, the badge of the National Representative of the Order of the Star in the East. For the joy and inspiration of that meeting, with its immediate merging of mind with mind in the brotherhood of the spirit; for its gift to me of a vast and exalted realm of art, and a glorious ratification of some of my dreams of what the Theosophical spirit in art may accomplish for the beckoning of humanity towards the heights, I would here make acknowledgment...<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville, Theosophist Painter-Poet." ''The Theosophist'' 47.3 (December 1925), 396-397.</ref>		I here thank God (or whoever it was) who led me in the summer of 1925 to the presence of Jean Delville in Brussels and to the discovery of one of the world's master-artists and most exalted geniuses - an artist who, on the peak of achievement in his craft and in its recognition among those who know, counts it not inexpedient to be publicly identified with Theosophy, and wears, as naturally as he wears his coat, the badge of the National Representative of the Order of the Star in the East. For the joy and inspiration of that meeting, with its immediate merging of mind with mind in the brotherhood of the spirit; for its gift to me of a vast and exalted realm of art, and a glorious ratification of some of my dreams of what the Theosophical spirit in art may accomplish for the beckoning of humanity towards the heights, I would here make acknowledgment...<ref>James H. Cousins, "The Life and Work of Jean Delville, Theosophist Painter-Poet." ''The Theosophist'' 47.3 (December 1925), 396-397.</ref>

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