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48 THE LEADER , [ No . 303 , Sat ., Jan . 12 , 1856 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 12, 1856, page 48, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2123/page/24/
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