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of men and women, the searcher of hearts, the weaver of strange webs of destiny. I can only trust that, by diligence in seeking for the best interpretation of his thoughts, I have paid some part of my debt to that great spirit, and to the glorious country that gave him birth. /*[*** Right-justified, so enclose in no-wrap.] <sc>William Archer.</sc> */[*** Small caps, with period INSIDE.]

A simple signature

This signature follows a preface. Put it at the left margin, in no-wrap.

Signatures as complete sentences

If a signature is in small caps (or italics), we mark it that way. If there's also a period after it, determine whether the signature is part of a "sentence" or is its own "sentence."

In practice, this means looking at what precedes it to see whether there's a comma or a period. If, like here, the preceding punctuation is a period, then the period after the signature goes inside the inline markup; if the preceding punctuation is a comma, then the period after the signature belongs to the overall "sentence" and the period goes outside the inline markup.

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