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 AUGUSTUS LOWELL Esq 



Vice-President of the American Academy of Arts and Scuncta 

 Trustee of the Lowell Institute 



AS THE WISE AND LIBERAL ADMINISTRATOR OF A NOBLR 



ENDOWMENT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT AND DIFFUSION 



OF KNOWLEDGE 



THIS WORK IS DEDICATED 

 WITH MUCH RESPECT AND ESTEEM 



BY THE AUTHOR 



