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    1. AFDIA Zoom Book Club Meeting. This week - Chapter Twelve! (Sun, Apr 24th 2022, 8:00 pm-9:00 pm)

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    1. Episode One Hundred Nineteen - Letter to Herodotus 08 - More On Perception Through The Atoms 18

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    1. Research Assistance on Frances Wright

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    1. Episode One Hundred Seventeen - Letter to Herodotus 06 - The Doctrine of Infinity of Worlds And Its Implications 15

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