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(Contents Illustrations xii i Preface x v Acknowledgments xx i Part I. Childhood i i. A Selfish Idea l of Glory 3 2. A Kind of Double Life 2 7 Part II. Youth 5 1 3. A n Instanc e of Nervous Prostration 5 3 4. Th e Umbrell a Ma n 7 8 5. Strivin g away from Hom e 9 9 6. Woman' s Spher e 13 7 7. Th e Layin g On of Hands 16 4 8. Th e Provinc e of Reason 19 3 9. Desperat e Leisure 21 8 xi xii CONTENT S Part III. Later Life and the Return to Youth 24 5 10. Boun d to the Highest and the Lowest 24 7 Epilogue 27 1 Notes 27 7 Attributions, Permissions , and Notes for Illustration s 33 1 Index 33 5 ...

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