“…It simply accepted Virginia's right to be let alone in deciding this delicate issue. These moderate interpretations of natural law fit within what Browne (1994) has characterized as the "sentimental style" (p. 278), where audiences responses are limited to emotions like sorrow, pity, sympathy, or nostalgia. From within this perspective, Brown's radicalism and extremism could not be aesthetically appealing until it had been sanitized, cleansed of its anarchism before it could be considered to be a legitimate part of any reforms.…”