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CHAP.

I. THE WHITMAN'S OF WEST HILLS 1

II. BOYHOOD IN BROOKLYN 10

III. TEACHER AND JOURNALIST 28

IV. ROMANCE (1848) 46

V. ILLUMINATION 56

VI. THE CARPENTER 79

VII. WHITMAN'S MANIFESTO 95

VIII. THE MYSTIC 110

IX. "YEAR OF METEORS" 134

X. THE TESTAMENT OF A COMRADE 148

XI. AMERICA AT WAR 171

XII. THE PROOF OF COMRADESHIP 190

XIII. A WASHINGTON CLERK 205

XIV. FRIENDS AND FAME 221

XV. ILLNESS 247

XVI. CONVALESCENCE 258

XVII. THE SECOND BOSTON EDITION 278

XVIII. AMONG THE PROPHETS 289

XIX. HE BECOMES A HOUSEHOLDER 301

XX. AT MICKLE STREET 314

XXI. "GOOD-BYE, MY FANCY" 325

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