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is a form of the minusculeletter s, which was formerly used where s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word (e.g. "ſinfulneſs" for "sinfulness" and "ſucceſsful" for "successful"). The modern letterform was called theterminal, round, or short s.
<< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s
This can be very confusing the first time you see it.
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