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General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are to its leaves - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Battle of Adwalton Moor - 1643, The Great Stink at its Worst - 1858, Night of the Long Knives - 1934, German Troops invade Channel Islands - 1940, First Harry Potter Book Published - 1997, Terror Attack on Glasgow Airport - 2007
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