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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def is_link_text_present(self, link_text):
 """ Returns True if the link text appears in the HTML of the page. The element doesn't need to be visible, such as elements hidden inside a dropdown selection. """

        soup = self.get_beautiful_soup()
        html_links = soup.find_all('a')
        for html_link in html_links:
            if html_link.text.strip() == link_text.strip():
                return True
        return False