TO 



THIIE IMIEIMIOIR/Z" 

 MY FATHER, 



FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, 



AS AIM EXPRESSION DF GRATITUDE FDR THE CARE TAKEN TD INCLINE 

 MY FIRST THOUGHTS TD A CONTEMPLATION OF THE WORKS OF 

 NATURE, FOR GUIDANCE AND CONSTANT INSPIRATION 

 IN AFTER YEARS, AND BUT FOR WHOSE SUGGES- 

 TION THIS WORK WOULD NEVER HAVE AP- 

 PEARED. IT IS MOST AFFECTION- 

 ATELY DEDICATED, 



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