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An example:
Stanton, Lucia C. "Was Jefferson a Vegetarian?"
Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson. January 1998.
Thomas Jefferson, Foundation, Inc. November 25, 2003
<http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/vegetarianism>.
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