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is made. It sometimes happens that these single 

 operations, abstractly regarded, appear of little mo- 

 ment, and sink into temporary obscurity, till some 

 thoughtful mind detects their importance as links in a 

 valuable chain; and subsequent events ratifying the 

 verdict, shed around them a halo of light in which the 

 world discerns their true character. 



