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own. P>ut so tar as their substano I" find 



nothing to alter in them, though the oldest 

 the date of 1866. Whether that is evidence 

 of the soundness of my opinions, or of my having 

 made no progress in wisdom for the last quarter 

 of a century, must be left to the courteous reader 

 to decide. 



T. H. H. 



, EASTBOURNK, 

 January 16th, 1893. 



