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A Vanished Arcadia: Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 · R. B. Cunninghame Graham — chapter 13 of 18 · ~89 words · public domain

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(p. 6) (footnote)

where “}” marks a character that is the mirror image of “C”, which was formerly used in Roman Numerals as follows: “CI}” = “M” [1,000]; “I}” = “D” ; and subsequent “}”s multiply by ten, as “I}}}” = 50,000.

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Let us all take this moment to give thanks for Hindu-Arabic numerals, Amen.

(p. 19)

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(p. 24) (footnote)

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(p. 34)

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as the best guess as to where the quoted section begins, which is later marked with a closing quote.

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