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AUGUSTUS LOWELL Esq 



Vice-President of the American Acadetny of Arts and Sciences 

 Trustee of the Lowell Institute 



AS THE WISE AND LIBERAL ADMINISTRATOR OF A NOBLE 



ENDOWMENT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT AND DIFFUSION 



OF KNOWLEDGE 



THIS WORK IS DEDICATED 

 WITH MUCH RESPECT AND ESTEEM 



BY THE AUTHOR 



