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©1996-2009 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Created on 3 Nov 1996. Updated on 14 July, 2009.    
"Introduction" is copyright ©1998 W. W. Norton & Company; it is a link to Norton Topics Online.    
Art: Jan Steen. Merry Company on a Terrace, mid-17th c. Metropolitan Museum, New York.    

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