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\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Appendices}
\chapter*{Appendix I — Notes}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{I — Notes}
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\chapter*{Appendix II — The Ode to the End of Death}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{II — Ode to the End of Death}
\begin{center}
\emph{Here is the final letter that we received from our superlative friend whose memory is a blessing, including the Ode to the End of Death, those words which form our names.}
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\chapter*{Appendix II — Idumea}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{II — The hymn “Idumea”}
\chapter*{Appendix III — Idumea}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{III — The hymn “Idumea”}
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\emph{Idumea} is named after a hymn by A. Davidson with words by Charles Wesley, published in \emph{Sacred Tunes and Hymns: Containing a Special Collection of a Very High Order of Standard Sacred Tunes and Hymns Novel and Newly Arranged} by J. S. James in 1913. Idumea itself refers to Edom—unless, perhaps, you are Blake and think that ``Now is the dominion of Edom, and the return of Adam into Paradise'' refers to us!—a kingdom in the Ancient Near East. While this has little to do with the story told within, it does sound rather pleasing to the ear, does it not? And so does the hymn, at that. The hollowness of the song with all its open fifths, the raw, coarse beauty that comes with Sacred Harp singing, the beat of the tactus and the ache of the singers hollering out words that nearly yearn for death are what led to the title of this book.
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%\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{III — Primer}
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\chapter*{Appendix III — Reading}
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\chapter*{Appendix IV — Reading}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{IV — Reading}
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\emph{Please enjoy this extra drabble portraying a saner self.}
\emph{Please enjoy this extra drabble portraying a saner self as a promise that I am not always like this.}
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