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   Aidan Kehoe to All   
   Re: Byron died (19-4-1824)   
   20 Apr 24 08:47:32   
   
   From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an fichiú lá de mí Aibreán, scríobh Ross Clark:   
      
    > [...] The other Byron quote (too long to copy) is about meeting the   
    > celebrated "hyperpolyglot", Cardinal Mezzofanti.   
    >   
    > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Caspar_Mezzofanti   
      
   Now that’s a Wikipedia article full of suspicion!   
      
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