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Contents List of Illustrations, ix PROLOGUE / A Revolution in Favor of Love, 1 1 / “Quite Alone in a Crowd,” 12 2 / A “Very Sensible” American, 54 3 / “I Wish to Be Necessary to You,” 91 4 / “We Are . . . Differently Organized,” 115 5 / An “Exchange of Sympathy,” 144 6 / Modern Philosophers, 182 7 / American Commerce, 211 8 / The New Man of Feeling, 239 9 / Love’s “Very Essence Is Liberty,” 270 10 / “The True Key of the Universe Is Love,” 300 EPILOGUE / “The Subject Was of Love,” 329 Acknowledgments, 335 Index, 339 This page intentionally left blank ...

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