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• William Elliot Griffis — (September 17, 1843 – February 5,1928) was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author.Brown, John Howard. (1904). [http://books.google.com/books?id=Q1IDAAAAYAAJ pg=PT450 lpg=PT450… …   Wikipedia

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