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miss much that he may deem important. But to 

 him these pages are not addressed. They desire 

 to be read by the many who take a living interest 

 in all questions affecting the welfare of the nation, 

 and by those who love the life of nature without 

 standing apart from the more strenuous current of 

 human existence. To such the book may be a 

 convenient help to obtain a comprehensive knowl- 

 edge of a subject that has already engaged the 

 attention of many of the leading minds of the 

 coi ntry, and must soon come to the front as one 

 of the great questions demanding solution by the 

 American people and putting to a severe test the 

 efficiency and permanence of its democratic form 

 of government and society. 



