Acknowledgments

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The story of Ralph Waldo and Ellen Emerson is adapted from the excellent&Emerson:&The Mind on Fire,&by Robert D. Richardson Jr.

Thank you to Keith Gessen, Matthew Thomas, Rebecca Curtis, Allison Lorentzen, Chris Parris-Lamb, Michael Pietsch, Andrew Ellner, Stephen Boykewich, Brian Malone, Timothy “Viper” Lang, the Hucks, the Blausteins, Kevin Krim, Brad Andalman, Emily Morris, Jean McMahon, and everyone at&n+1.