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. New York: Penguin, 2008. Delacroix, Eugene. The Journal of Eugène Delacroix. 3rd ed. Translated by Hubert Wellington. London: Phaidon Press, 1951. Dinesen, Isak [Karen Blixen]. Out of Africa. New York: Penguin, 2001. Dylan, Bob. Chronicles: Volume One. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. Jung, Carl. Memories, Dreams, Reflections. Edited by Aniela Jaffe. New
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