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to me at least is altogether inconceivable. I cannot help sus- 
pecting that the author’s real meaning has suffered a total 
eclipse, through some accidental omission or transposition of 
words during printing, which has converted an intelligible 
though evidently somewhat inadequate account into simple 
nonsense. 
I have now only to crave your indulgence for unintended but 
doubtless unavoided deficiencies in this Address—omissions, 
superfluities, errors as to fact, faults of judgment or faults of 
taste, things that might better have been said otherwise, or 
on another occasion, or not said at all. Also I must acknow- 
ledge the kindness of many friends and colleagues, whom I 
have troubled in various ways with my doubts and difficulties, 
especially when I first took up the matter, and was dis- 
covering mares’ nests in every possible direction. Above all 
I must thank Miss Chawner ; and I hope to show my grati- 
tude in deeds rather than in words by worrying her on 
many future occasions for such help as has been so valuable 
to me on the present occasion—or, I should say rather, so 
altogether invaluable. 
