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Remark. — Not being willin;^ to keep in the view of the world the 

 painful facts, that were disclosed in an appeal, not long since, prefix- 

 ed to this prospectus, vve repose, for a season, upon the aid brought 

 to our cause by zealous and kind friends, in various places, but es- 

 pecially in Boston and Salem ; and which, although honorable to 

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Our cause has been warmly espoused abroad, especially by the 

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 a passage relating to this Journal. "The character of the Ameri- 

 can Journal is too highly appreciated on this side of the Adantic, to 

 need our testimony, and it is with feelings of deep regret and aston- 

 ishment, We learn that a nation professing a regard for literature and 

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e rank she now holds in the scientific world." It is then stated, 



that although the appeal is made to Americans, the cause belongs to 

 mankind. 



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