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PREFACE. 



ex 



profe 



r 



to make it popular wherever his infl 

 tended. Profoundly skilled in 

 and high in the cdrifidence of his fellow citizens, 

 he fell a victim to the' fatigues and exposure 

 of an extensive practice. 



the midst of a 



brilliant career, with prospects of 



usefulness and extended 



increasing 

 putation, he died at 



the early age of 33, He left to many friends a 

 mournful inheritance — the task of lamenting 

 one so highly gifted, so prematurely lost. To 



HIS MEMORY THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED aS a tCSti- 



monial of long continued friendship and of un- 

 abated respect. It is among the incidents 

 which embitter life that those who have shared 



common labours should 



ften he separa 



ted before the termination of their pursuits. 



individuals who took most interest in the 



The 



compilation of this sketch 



} 



cely lived to 



the commencement of its publication. I 



THE DEAD THE AUTHOR HAS TO CONSECRATE THE RE- 

 SULT OF HIS LABOURS. 



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