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be alive, and not a mere collection of books. To the same 

 society, I am indebted for the pictnre of Mr. Johnson. To 

 Mrs. William Qnimby, for the exacting task of typing the 

 manuscript. 



With the exception of those mentioned above, no individual 

 or institution has had anything whatsoever to do with this 

 publication, and I feel obliged to make this statement because 

 after Mr. Johnson passed on, certain individuals made state- 

 ments of friendship and gave the impression that they had 

 helped in his work, whereas, the facts were quite the opposite. 



