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2、swordarchitecturemight,attheriskofoversimpli-AgeofExploration,therewaspublishedaveryoriginalfication,betermedmathematical.Thatofthesocialandmammothcatalogof"thenatureofthings."Ithadscientistsmaybetermedevolutionaryandcultural.beencompiledbyaRoyalSocietyfounder,JohnWil-Anthropolog
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