DEDICATION. 



world in his professorial chair, 

 but a youthful inexperienced stu- 

 dent, full of ardour and curiosity, 

 such as we ourselves have been, re- 

 cordin<y his ideas and observations 

 for his own use, not delivering 

 them forth for the instruction 

 of others ; and while we admire 

 his perseverance and acuteness, 

 we can sympathize with his em- 

 barrassments, and readily pardon 

 his very inconsiderable mistakes. 

 Happy are those who, like you, 

 can equally sympathize in his 

 pious and benevolent affections, 

 his disdain of hypocrisy and op- 

 pression, and his never-ceasing de- 



