Bernardo O'Higgins

Bernardo O'Higgins
Bernardo O'Higgins

2nd Supreme Director of Chile In office 17 February 1817 28 January 1823 Preceded by Succeeded by Jos Miguel Carrera Ramn Freire Personal details Born 20 August 1778 Chilln, Chile 24 October 1842 (aged64) Lima, Peru Head of State, Military

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Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (Spanish:[bernaro oxiins]; 17781842) was a Chilean independence leader who, together with Jos de San Martn, freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile (18171823), he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state. O'Higgins was of Spanish and Irish[1] ancestry.

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Early life
Bernardo O'Higgins was a member of the O'Higgins Family who was born in the Chilean city of Chilln in 1778, the illegitimate son of Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno,[2] a Spanish officer born in County Sligo, Ireland, who became governor of Chile and later viceroy of Peru. His mother was Isabel Riquelme, a prominent local lady and daughter of Don Simn Riquelme y Goycolea, a member of the Chilln Cabildo, or council.[3] O'Higgins spent his early years with his mother's family in central-southern Chile, and later he lived with the Albano family, who were his father's commercial partners, in Talca. At age 15, O'Higgins was sent to Lima by his father. He had a distant relationship with Ambrosio, who supported him financially and was concerned with his education, but the two never met in person. It is unclear why Ambrosio did not marry Isabel. High-ranking Ambrosio O'Higgins, Bernardo's father, whom he never met. Spanish government officials in The Americas were forbidden to marry locals,[4] but at the time of O'Higgins' birth, Ambrosio O'Higgins was only a junior military officer. It has been suggestedWikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch#Unsupported attributions that Isabel's family would not have seen the match as advantageous at the time. Two years later, she married Don Flix Rodrguez, an old friend of her father's. O'Higgins used his mother's surname until the death of his father in 1801. Ambrosio O'Higgins, Bernardo's father, continued his professional rise and became Viceroy of Peru; at seventeen Bernardo O'Higgins was sent to London to complete his studies. There, studying history and the arts, O'Higgins became acquainted with American ideas of independence and developed a sense of nationalist pride, coming to admire liberalism in the Georgian British model. He also met Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan idealist and believer in independence,[5] and joined a Masonic Lodge established by Miranda, dedicated to achieving the independence of Latin America. In 1798 O'Higgins went to Spain from England, his return to the Americas delayed by the French Revolutionary Wars. His father died in 1801, leaving O'Higgins a large piece of land, the Hacienda Las Canteras, near the Chilean city of Los ngeles. O'Higgins returned to Chile in 1802, adopted his father's surname, and began life as a gentleman farmer.[6] In 1806 O'Higgins was appointed to the cabildo as the representative of Laja. Then, in 1808, Napoleon took control of Spain, triggering a sequence of events in South America. In Chile, the commercial and political elite decided to form an autonomous government to rule in the name of the imprisoned king Ferdinand VII; this was to be one of the first in a number of steps toward national independence, in which O'Higgins would play a leading role.

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Role in Chilean independence movement

On 18 September 1810, O'Higgins joined the revolt against the now French dominated Spanish government. The criollo leaders in Chile did not support Joseph Bonaparte's rule in Spain, and a limited self-government under the Government Junta of Chile was created, with the aim of restoring the legitimate Spanish throne. This date is now recognized as Chile's Independence Day. O'Higgins was a close friend of Juan Martnez de Rozas, an old friend of his father, and one of the more radical leaders.[7] O'Higgins strongly recommended that a national congress be created, and was elected a deputy to the first National Congress of Chile in 1811 as a representative of the Laja district. Tensions between the royalist and increasingly pro-independence factions, to which O'Higgins remained attached as a junior member,[8] continued to grow.

Drawing of O'Higgins, in A history of Chile.

The anti-Royalist camp in Chile was deeply split along lines of patronage and personality, by political beliefs, and by geography (between the rival regional groupings of Santiago and Concepcin). The Carrera family had already seized power several times in different coups, and supported a specifically Chilean nationalism, as opposed to the broader Latin American focus of the Lautaro Lodge grouping,[9] which included O'Higgins and the Argentinian Jos de San Martn.[10] Jos Miguel Carrera, the most prominent member of the Carrera family, enjoyed a power base in Santiago; that of de Rozas, and later O'Higgins, lay in Concepcin. As a result, O'Higgins was to find himself increasingly in political and military competition with Carreraalthough early on, O'Higgins was nowhere near as prominent as his later rival. De Rozas initially appointed O'Higgins to a minor military position in Jos Miguel Carrera, with whom O'Higgins had an 1812, possibly because of his illegitimate origins, poor health, or ongoing feud lack of military training.[citation needed] Much of O'Higgins' early military knowledge stemmed from Juan Mackenna, another immigrant of Irish descent and a former client of Ambrosio's, whose advice centered mainly on the use of cavalry. In 1813, when the Spanish government made its first attempt to reconquer Chilesending an expedition led by Brigadier Antonio ParejaCarrera, as a former national leader and now Commander in Chief of the Army, was by far the more prominent figure of the two, and a natural choice to lead the military resistance. O'Higgins was back on his estates in Laja, having retired from the Army the previous year due to poor health, when news came of the invasion. O'Higgins mobilised his local militia and marched to Concepcion,[11] before moving onto Talca, meeting up with Carrera, who was to take command of the new army.[12] Carrera sent O'Higgins to cut the Spanish off at Linares; O'Higgins' victory there resulted in his promotion to colonel. The unsuccessful Siege of Chillan followed, where O'Higgins produced a brave, but unspectacular, performance; however, as commander, Carrera took most of the blame for the defeat, weakening his prestige with the Junta back in Santiago. O'Higgins continued to campaign against the royalists, fighting with a reckless courage that would make him famous.[citation needed] In October, fighting at the Battle of El Roble under Carrera, O'Higgins took effective command at a crucial moment and gave one of his more famous orders:

Bernardo O'Higgins Lads! Live with honor, or die with glory! He who is brave, follow me![13] Despite being injured, O'Higgins went on to pursue the royalist forces from the field. The Junta in Santiago reassigned command of the army from Carrera, who had retreated during the battle, to O'Higgins, who then appointed Juan Mackenna as commandant-general. Carrera was subsequently captured and imprisoned by the royalist forces; in his absence, in May 1814 O'Higgins supported the Treaty of Lircay, which promised a halt to the fighting. Once released, however, Carrera violently opposed both O'Higgins' new role and the treaty, overthrowing the Junta in a coup in July 1814 and immediately exiling Mackenna. O'Higgins turned to focus on Carrera, and their forces met at the battle of Las Tres Acequias, where Luis Carrera inflicted a modest defeat on O'Higgins. Further conflict was postponed by news that the royalists had decided to ignore the recent treaty, and were threatening Concepcin under the leadership of General Mariano Osorio. Carrera and O'Higgins decided to reunite the army and face the common threat.[14] Carrera's plan was to draw the Spaniards to the Angostura del Paine, while O'Higgins preferred the town of Rancagua. They decided to make a stand at the Angostura de Paine, a gorge that formed an easily defended bottleneck. At the last hour, O'Higgins' breakout charge at the Battle of Rancagua however, O'Higgins instead garrisoned the nationalist forces at the main square of Rancagua. Carrera did not arrive with reinforcements, and O'Higgins and his forces were promptly surrounded in October. After an entire day of fighting at the battle of Rancagua, the Spanish commander, Mariano Osorio, was victoriousbut O'Higgins managed to break out with a few of his men, issuing the command: Those who can ride, ride! We will break through the enemy![15] Like Carrera and other nationalists, O'Higgins retreated to Argentina with the survivors, and remained there for three years while the royalists were in control. Mackenna, still a key supporter, was killed by Luis Carrera in a duel in 1818, deepening the ongoing feud. Whilst O'Higgins was undoubtedly a brave soldier, indeed often bordering on the reckless, and an inspirational commander, his qualities as a tactician have been questioned, both by his contemporaries and since.[16]

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O'Higgins as Supreme Director

While in exile, O'Higgins met the Argentinean General Jos de San Martn, a fellow member of the Lautaro Lodge, and together the men returned to Chile in 1817 to defeat the royalists. Initially the campaign went well, with the two commanders achieving a victory at the battle of Chacabuco. San Martn sent his troops down the mountain starting at midnight of 11 February to prepare for an attack at dawn. As the attack commenced, his troops were much closer to the Spanish than anticipated, and they fought hard Bernardo O'Higgins, erroneously depicted attending the declaration of Chilean [17] and heroically. Soler's troops had to go independence. down a tiny path that proved long and arduous, and took longer than expected. General O'Higgins, supposedly seeing his homeland and being overcome with passion, defied the plan of attack and charged along with his 1,500 troops. What exactly happened in this part of the battle is fiercely debated. O'Higgins claimed that the Spanish stopped their retreat and started advancing towards his troops. He said that, if he were to lead his men back up the narrow path and retreat, his men would have been massacred one by one. San Martn saw O'Higgins' early advancement, and ordered Soler to charge the Spanish flank, which took the pressure off O'Higgins and allowed his troops to stand their ground.[citation needed] The ensuing firefight continued into the afternoon, and the tides turned for the Patriots as Soler captured a key Spanish artillery point. At this point, the Spanish set up a defensive square around the Chacabuco Ranch. O'Higgins charged the center of the Spanish position, and Soler got into place behind the Spanish forces, effectively cutting off any chance of retreat. O'Higgins and his men overwhelmed the Spanish troops, who attempted to retreat, but Soler's men cut off their retreat and pushed towards the ranch. Hand-to-hand combat ensued in and around the ranch, until every Spanish soldier was dead or taken captive. Five hundred Spanish soldiers were killed, and 600 were taken captive. The Patriot forces lost 12 men in the battle, but an additional 120 died of their wounds. The Second Battle of Cancha Rayada in 1818, however, was a victory for the Royalists, and it was not until the Battle of Maip that ultimate victory was assured.[citation needed] San Martn was initially offered the position of power in the newly-free Chile, but he declined, in order to continue the fight for independence in the rest of South America. O'Higgins accepted the position instead, and became the leader of an independent Chile. He was granted dictatorial powers as Supreme Director on 16 February 1817. On 12 February 1818, Chile proclaimed itself an independent republic.[citation needed] Throughout the war with the royalists, O'Higgins had engaged in an ongoing feud with Jos Miguel Carrera. After their retreat in 1814, O'Higgins had fared much better than Carrera, who found little support forthcoming from San Martn, O'Higgins' political ally. Carrera was imprisoned to prevent his involvement in Chilean affairs; after his escape, he ended up taking the winning side in the Argentine Federalist war, helping to defeat the pro-San Martin government in 1820. Marching south to attack O'Higgins, now ruler of Chile, Carrera was arrested by supporters of O'Higgins and executed under questionable circumstances in 1821; his two brothers had already been killed by royalist forces in the preceding years, bringing the long-running feud to an end. The argument as to the relative contribution of these two great Chilean independence leaders, however, has continued up to the modern day, and O'Higgins' decision not to intervene to prevent the execution coloured many Chileans' views of his reign.

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6 For six years, O'Higgins was a largely successful leader, and his government initially functioned well. Within Chile, O'Higgins established markets, courts, colleges, libraries, hospitals, and cemeteries, and began important improvements in agriculture. He also undertook various military reforms. He founded the Chilean Military Academy in 1817, aiming to professionalise the officer corps. O'Higgins remained concerned about the threat of invasion, and had declared after the battle of Chacabuco that "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea". Alongside the Military Academy, he founded the modern Chilean Navy under the command of the Scottish officer Lord Cochrane, establishing the First Chilean Navy Squadron, the Academy for Young Midshipmen (the predecessor of the current Naval Academy), and the Chilean Marine Corps. O'Higgins continued in his desire to see independence across Latin America, utilising his new forces to support San Martn, sending the Liberating expedition to Per.

In time, however, O'Higgins began to alienate important political groupings within the still-fragile Chilean nation. O'Higgins' Ramon Freire, Bernardo O'Higgins's closest ally, who proposed radical and liberal reforms, such as the establishment of was ultimately to depose him democracy and abolition of titles of nobility, were resisted by the powerful large landowners. He offended the church in Chile early onin particular, the Bishop of Santiago, Jose Rodriguez Zorrilla. Having offended the aristocracy and the church, he also lost the support of the businesspeople, his last semi-powerful ally within the country. The government became bankrupt, forcing O'Higgins to send Antonio Jos de Irisarri to England to negotiate a 1 million loanChile's first foreign debtwhilst a massive earthquake in central Chile added more difficulty for the ruler. In 1822, O'Higgins established a new "controversial" constitution, which many regarded as a desperate attempt to hang on to power. The deaths of his political enemies, including Carrera and Manuel Rodrguez, returned to haunt him, with some accusing him of abusing state power. The provinces increasingly viewed him as centralising power to an excessive degree.[citation needed] O'Higgins was deposed by a conservative coup on 28 January 1823. Chile's new dictator, Ramn Freire, formerly O'Higgins' "closest ally", had slowly turned against O'Higgins in the preceding years. Freire had fought under O'Higgins at the Battle of Maip, was promoted to colonel for his services to the independence, and finally named Intendant of Concepcin. His friendship with O'Higgins started to crack by degrees, however, until in 1822 he resigned his position in disagreement. His name became a rallying point for those discontented with O'Higgins, but the two of them never came to an armed conflict. O'Higgins' abdication was typically dramatic: baring his chest, he offered up his life should his accusers demand it of him. In return, the junta declared they held nothing against O'Higgins, and saluted him.[18] O'Higgins was made governor of Concepcin, an appointment which did not last long: it was time for O'Higgins to leave Chile.

Peruvian independence and O'Higgins' final years

After being deposed, O'Higgins embarked from the port of Valparaiso in July 1823, in the British corvette Fly, never to see Chile again. Originally he had intended to return to Ireland, but whilst passing through Peru he was strongly encouraged by Simn Bolvar to join the nationalist effort there.[19] Bolvar's government granted O'Higgins the Hacienda de Cuiva and the Hacienda Montalvn in San Vicente de Caete, near Lima. O'Higgins lived in exile for the rest of his life accompanied by his illegitimate son, Pedro Demetrio O'Higgins (18171868), his mother, and his

Bernardo O'Higgins half-sister Rosa Rodriguez Riquelme (17811850). According to a 2001 documentary,[20] Bernardo O'Higgins also had a daughter, Petronila Riquelme O'Higgins (b. 1809?), by Patricia Rodrguez. O'Higgins travelled to join Bolvar's army in its final liberation of Peru, but upon arrival, he found that Bolivar did not intend to give him a commandinstead appointing him a general of Gran Colombia and making him a special court-martial judge for Chilean volunteers.[21] Making his way back to Lima, O'Higgins heard of Bolivar's victory at the Battle of Ayacucho. He returned to Bolivar for the victory celebrations, but as a civilian. "Seor," he toasted, addressing Bolvar, "America is free. From now on General O'Higgins does not exist; I am only Bernardo O'Higgins, a private citizen. After Ayacucho, my American mission is over."[22] When Andrs de Santa Cruz became head of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation in 1836, O'Higgins endorsed his integrationist policies, and wrote a letter of support to him the following year when the Confederation came under attack from the Chilean forces of Diego Portalesultimately offering to act as a mediator in the conflict.[23] With the rise of Agustn Gamarra, O'Higgins found himself out of favour in Peru. Meanwhile, the Chilean government had begun to rehabilitate O'Higgins, reappointing him to his old rank of captain-general in the Chilean army. In 1842, the National Congress of Chile finally voted to allow O'Higgins to return to Chile. After travelling to Callao to embark for Chile, however, O'Higgins began to succumb to cardiac problems and was too weak to travel. His doctor ordered him to return to Lima, where on 24 October 1842, aged 64, O'Higgins died.

Legacy
After his death, his remains were first buried in Peru, before being repatriated to Chile in 1869. O'Higgins had wished to be buried in the city of Concepcin, but this was never to be. For a long time they remained in a marble coffin in the Cementerio General de Santiago, and in 1979 his remains were transferred by Augusto Pinochet to the Altar de la Patria, in front of the Palacio de La Moneda. In 2004, his body was temporarily stored at the Chilean Military School during the building of the Plaza de la Ciudadana, before being finally laid to rest in the new underground Crypt of the Liberator.[citation needed] O'Higgins is widely commemorated today, both in Chile and beyond. One of the administrative regions of Chile was named Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region in his honour, as were other placenames such as the village of Villa O'Higgins. The main thoroughfare of the Chilean capital, Santiago, is Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins. There is also the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park.[24] In the town of San Vicente de Caete, situated in the Lima Region, in Peru, there's a park and street named after him. There is a bust of O'Higgins in O'Higgins Square in Richmond, south-west London. Each year the borough's mayor is joined by members of the Chilean Embassy for a ceremony, and a wreath is placed there. A blue plaque was erected in his honor at Clarence House in Richmond, where he lived while studying in London.
Mausoleum of O'Higgins in Cementerio General de Santiago, pictured by Recaredo Santos Tornero in Chile Ilustrado, in 1872

There is also a plaque in his honor in Merrion Square in Dublin and in the Garavogue River Walkway in Sligo, Ireland, and a sculpture near Central Railway Station in Plaza Iberoamericana, near 58 Chalmers St, Sydney. In Buenos Aires, there is a large statue of him in the center of the Plaza Repblica de Chile, and several localities in Argentina are named after him. A plaque has also been erected in Cadiz, Spain, in the Plaza de Candelaria, where he resided for four years. In 2005, a bust was erected "To the Liberator of Chile" by the Chilean Embassy in the Parque

Bernardo O'Higgins Morazan in San Jos, Costa Rica. A statue of Bernardo O'Higgins in the city of Concepcin was destroyed during the 2010 earthquake in Chile.[25] In 1949, American composer Henry Cowell composed an opera on the life of O'Higgins titled O'Higgins of Chile. The libretto was written by Elizabeth Harald, but the work was never orchestrated nor staged.[26] In 1955, the football team O'Higgins F.C. was founded, named after him. Chile's highest award for a foreign citizen is named in honor of O'Higgins, whilst the Chilean Navy has named several ships in his honor, including an armored cruiser (18971946), a World War IIera light cruiser (the former USS Brooklyn, CL-40) (19511992), and a French-built Scorpene class submarine (2003present). The Chilean Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme research station in Antarctica is named in his honor. It is located on the northernmost part of the continent.[citation needed] On 28 October 2010, An Post (the Irish Post Office) and the Chilean Post Office, CorreosChile issued 82c se-tenant stamps to commemorate the bicentenary of the beginning of the struggle for Chilean Independence. The stamps honor two men with Irish backgrounds, who played a crucial role in the quest for Chile's liberation, Bernardo O'Higgins and John MacKenna.[citation needed]

References
[1] Spain and Portugal: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present, by Julia Ortiz Griffin, William D. Griffin, p.288 [2] "O'Higgins, Bernardo." Encyclopdia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopdia Britannica Online. 13 Oct 2008 <http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9056854> [3] http:/ / gosouthamerica. about. com/ cs/ southamerica/ a/ ChieBOhiggins. htm. [4] Crow, p.166. [5] Vicua Mackenna, p.46-53. [6] Hamre, Bonnie. "Bernardo O'Higgins." 2008 About.com. 20 October 2008.<http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/ChieBOhiggins.htm>. [7] Archivo de don Bernardo O'Higgins, vol.I, p.114-119. [8] http:/ / www. irlandeses. org/ 0610sepulveda2. htm. [9] GENERAL FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA FATHER OF REVOLUTIONARY MASONRY IN LATIN AMERICA (http:/ / www. calodges. org/ ncrl/ miranda. html) by Carlos Antonio Martinez, Northern California Research Lodge [10] San Martn, Jos de: Liberator of Argentina (http:/ / historicaltextarchive. com/ sections. php?op=viewarticle& artid=628) by Jason A. Vandiver [11] Amuntegui, p.93. [12] Barros Arana, tomo IX, p.46-50. [13] Barros Arana, tomo IX, p.188. [14] Seplveda, Alfredo. "Sepulveda, Alfredo > "Bernardo O'Higgins: The Rebel Son of a Victory"." 1 October 2006. Society for Irish Latin American Studies, 2006. 24 October 2008. <http://www.irlandeses.org/0610sepulveda2.htm>. [15] Archivo de don Bernardo O'Higgins, vol. II, p.420-427. [16] Ruiz, p.228. [17] Bernardo O'Higgins erroneously appears in this recreation, as he was actually in Talca on that day. [18] Amuntegui, p.448. [19] See letter from Bolivar, Valencia, p.420. [20] Pamela Pequeo's documentary, La hija de O'Higgins (2001). [21] http:/ / www. irlandeses. org/ 0610sepulveda1. htm. [22] Valencia, p.430. [23] Prof. Pedro Godoy, Yungay: festejo o funeral?, Centro de Estudios Chilenos CEDECH (http:/ / www. agendadereflexion. com. ar/ 2007/ 07/ 373_el_gran_mariscal_andres_santa_cruz. html) [24] http:/ / www. bluegreenadventures. com/ BernardoHiggins. html. [25] http:/ / www. boston. com/ bigpicture/ 2010/ 03/ chile_three_days_later. html [pic #22]. [26] http:/ / www. henrycowell. org/ hc/ sf002/ catalogNp233. cfm

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Further reading
"O'Higgins, Bernardo." Encyclopdia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopdia Britannica Online. 13 Oct 2008 (http:// search.eb.com/eb/article-9056854). "Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. Aldunate, Miguel Luis Amuntegui, La dictadura de O'Higgins (http://www.memoriachilena.cl/mchilena01/ temas/documento_detalle.asp?id=MC0008856) Santiago: Imprenta, Litografa i Encuadernacin Barcelona. 1914. Archivo de don Bernardo O'Higgins Santiago: Nascimento, 1946, 36 v. Arana, Diego Barros Historia General de Chile 16 vol. Santiago: Imprenta Cervantes. Crow, John A.; The Epic of Latin America (Fourth Edition); University of California Press, 1992. Harvey, Robert (2000). Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence. New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN1-58567-284-X Mackenna, Benjamn Vicua El ostracismo del jeneral D. Bernardo O'Higgins (http://www.memoriachilena.cl/ mchilena01/temas/documento_detalle.asp?id=MC0008855) Santiago: Imprenta i Librera del Mercurio 1860. Ruiz Moreno, Isidoro J., Campaas militares argentinas. La poltica y la guerra (Buenos Aires: Emec, 2005). Valencia, Avaria Luis, O'Higgins, el buen genio de Amrica (Santiago de Chile: Universitaria, 1980).

External links
Web Blog of Respetable Lodge Bernardo O'Higgins # 392 Of Free and Acepted Masones of the Argentina, Argentine Freemasonery (http://ohiggins392.blogspot.com/) Seplveda, Alfredo: Bernardo O'Higgins: The Rebel Son of a Viceroy (http://www.irlandeses.org/ 0610sepulveda1.htm) Bernardo O'Higgins website (http://www.bernardoohiggins.cl/)
Political offices Precededby None Precededby Jos Miguel Carrera Member of Government Junta 1811 Supreme Director of Chile 1817 1823 Military offices Precededby Jos de San Martn Precededby Jos Miguel Carrera Army Commander-in-chief 18191823 Army Commander-in-chief 18131814 Succeededby Ramn Freire Succeededby Jos Miguel Carrera Succeededby None Succeededby Ramn Freire

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