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"ref": "2012, Gwendolyn Hoff, The Life and Times of a Black Southern Doctor, page 222",
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"ref": "1966, Louis-Ferdinand C'Line, Louis Ferdinand Destouches, Ralph Manheim, Death on the Installment Plan, page 131",
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"ref": "1974, Paul A. Hauck, Overcoming Frustration and Anger, page 32",
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"ref": "2009, Joyce Magnin, The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow",
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"ref": "2009, Joyce Magnin, The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow",
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