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 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/phosphorjs/phosphor.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/phosphorjs/phosphor)
 
-The [PhosphorJS](http://phosphorjs.github.io/) libary.
+The [PhosphorJS](http://phosphorjs.github.io/) library.