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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Prologue: "The Saddest Sound I Ever Heard" -- Part 1. Before the War -- 1. "A Peculiar Period in My Pilgrimage" -- 2. "Slavery Is an Evil That Ought Not to Exist" -- 3. "My Plans Overthrown. Life All Changed." -- 4. "At Alexandria . . . the Potomac Rolls Its Majestic Stream" -- Part 2. During the War -- 5. "Civil War Is Upon Us" -- 6. "My Way Seems Clear to Go" -- 7. "What a Place I Have Found" -- 8. "Mrs. J and I May Carry Out Our Plans" -- 9. "An Interfering and Troublesome Person" -- 10. "I Wish to . . . Fight It Through" -- 11. "Will It Pay?" -- 12. "As Good a Spot as Could Be Obtained" -- 13. "Things as Usual, Quite Unsettled" -- 14. "Flung My Flag to the Breeze" -- Part 3. After the War -- 15. "The Paraphernalia of War Is Fast Disappearing" -- 16. "That I Might Be There to See" -- Epilogue: "The Burial Was at Avon" -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Abbreviated Wilbur Family History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Organization of the Summit and This Proceedings -- MAIN STAGE: Introduction from the Partners -- FROM THE SCIENCE SESSIONS: Close to the Tipping Point -- 2 Our Planet -- MAIN STAGE: Our Planet: Its Health, Its People, Its Future -- MAIN STAGE: Updating the Concept of "Think Globally, Act Locally" -- MAIN STAGE: Four Dynamic Dialogues -- Science as a Human Right -- Economics of Inequality -- From Sustainability to Stability -- Technology's Promise -- FROM THE SCIENCE SESSIONS: Scientific Underpinnings -- White Paper on the Anthropocene -- Six Cross-Cutting Capacities of Sustainability Science -- Economics of Biodiversity -- The Role of the Ocean -- Reflections from Journal Editors-in-Chief -- References -- 3 Breakthroughs -- MAIN STAGE: Diverse Voices -- Next Generation -- Island Nations -- MAIN STAGE: A Commitment to Cooperation -- MAIN STAGE: Innovative Solutions -- Avenues for Action -- Giving Power to Solutions -- FROM THE SCIENCE SESSIONS: Science-Supporting Transformations -- Science for Transformative Change -- New Funding Models and Frameworks -- Key Building Blocks for Transformative Change -- FROM THE SCIENCE SESSIONS: Breakthroughs in Technologies and Social Innovation for Resilient Societies and Global Sustainability -- Important Innovations -- Mobilizing Political Will and Trust in Science -- References -- 4 Our Future -- MAIN STAGE: A View to the Future -- European Perspective -- Connecting Science and Engineering -- MAIN STAGE: Lessons from the Pandemic -- MAIN STAGE: Reaching Beyond Science: Spirituality and the Arts -- Paying Attention to "Inner Science" -- Messages within Music -- Greek Tragedy with a Modern Lesson -- SOLUTION SESSIONS -- Transformational Economics: Valuing Our Future.