DEDICATION TO THE FIRST EDITION 



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MY BELOVED AND REVERED FRIENDS 



SIR CHARLES AND LADY LYELL 



TO WHOM I OWE MORE THAN I CAN EVER EXPRESS 



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TRUSTING THAT IT MAY HELP 



TO DEVELOP IN THOSE WHO READ IT THAT 



EARNEST AND T R UT H - SE EKING SPIRIT IN THE STUDY OF 



GOD'S WORKS AND LAWS WHICH WAS THE 



GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF 



THEIR LIVES 



