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I have accumulated many debts in writing this book. I can’t begin to repay them. I nevertheless wish to thank those who were there from the very beginning , and those who have come along later as the work continued. I am particularly grateful for the assistance I have received from Tracy Strong, who saw this work from its earliest and now distant inception. I also have Gerald Doppelt, Alan Houston, Arthur Lupia, Steven Shapin, and Don Wayne to thank for their early comments and assistance. I’ve been sustained by good intellectual company as the ideas in this book made it to the page. For this I also owe thanks to Chris Dugan, Elizabeth Ellis, Verna Gehring, Bernard Gert, Christina Haddad, John Hughes, Nancy Luxon, Utz McKnight, James Murphy, James Philipp, Hans von Rautenfeld, John Richardson, Arlene Saxenhouse, Verity Smith, Pat Snyder, Marek Steadman, and Elizabeth Wingrove. Chris Laursen’s encouragement and comments from afar have always been more than helpful. I offer especially heartfelt thanks to Samantha Frost. She and Dean Mathiowetz were steadfast in their assistance. They allowed this work to reach a safe harbor. I owe particular thanks to Terry Royed for her companionship and encouragement. She has kept me going. J. David and Susan Miller were always there, interested and patient. Karen, Alan, Elana, and Michael Rubinstein were rooting for me. I also wish to single out Sandy Thatcher for his interest, and his integrity as an editor. Dan O’Neill gets the credit for sending me to Sandy. I have also had the good fortune to work with Kendra Boileau and Stephanie Lang. I’m grateful for their invaluable assistance. I thank those institutions whose support was crucial to the completion of this project. This study would not have been possible were it not for the generous grant and institutional assistance I received from the Huntington Library, the British Academy, the Earhardt and Mellon Foundations, Dartmouth College, and the University of Alabama. I also wish to thank the Chatsworth Devonshire Collection, in particular Andrew Peppitt and Peter Day, the librarians at Chatsworth, and Diane Naylor for her assistance in procuring the images from the collection used in this book. aCknowledgMents ...

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