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by Danielle Allen

  154 Newborn. Photo courtesy of Karen Allen.

  158 First steps. Photo courtesy of Karen Allen.

  164 Childhood. Photos courtesy of Karen Allen.

  166 Kindergarten graduation. Photos courtesy of Karen Allen.

  168 Michael on the hillside sidewalk where he crashed his bike. Photo courtesy of Karen Allen.

  190 Michael on a junior high school football team. Photo courtesy of Karen Allen.

  ALSO BY DANIELLE ALLEN

  Our Declaration: A Reading

  of the Declaration of Independence

  in Defense of Equality

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  DANIELLE ALLEN is James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. She is a political philosopher widely known for her work on justice and citizenship in both ancient Athens and modern America as well as a contributing columnist for the Washington Post. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and two children.

  This is a work of nonfiction. Certain names and identifying details have been changed.

  Copyright © 2017 by Democratic Knowledge, LLC

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