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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Prologue: Sparta, 432 BC -- Political moderation : an introduction -- Augustan moderates : "The precariousness of genuine civilization" -- Revolutionary moderates and the development of political character -- Ordered liberty in the Southern backcountry and the Middle West -- Moderating moderation : denominational and primitive Christianity -- Epilogue: Liberal moderation in post-Civil War America