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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926.

Rilke on love and other difficulties.

Selections from letters and essays in English; poems in English and German.

I. Mood, John L., ed. II. Title.

PT2635.165A6 1975        831’.9’12        74-6012

ISBN 978-0-393-31098-6

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