Ee eT ee aa Te 
TO THE 
REV. JOHN THORNTON KIRKLAND, 
D.D. LL.D. 
PRESIDENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE; 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
DEAR SIR, 
Tue present flourishing state of the Institution, over 
which you preside, cannot be ascribed to any more efli- 
cient cause, than to the zeal and ability, with which you 
have watched over its interests. 
Those, who in any measure derive from this Institution 
their opportunities of being useful, may with justice direct 
their first acknowledgments to you. 
Being confident, that no attempt for the promotion of 
useful knowledge will be regarded by you with indiffer- 
ence, I am happy in offering to you, in the present vol- 
ume, a testimony of my respect and esteem. 
J.-B. 
Boston, October, 1817. 
