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side, and taken up too much time in describing things 

 in all their most minute details, which many persons 

 would be able to comprehend at once, and almost with- 

 out any description ; but I have done that which I 

 thought most likely to render my labors useful. 



I never write, except it be to recommend to the pub- 

 lic something which I conceive to be of importance, 

 or to communicate the results of new experimental 

 researches, which appear to be sufficiently curious and 

 interesting to merit attention ; and it must, I think, 

 be quite evident to those who read my writings that 

 I have never hesitated to sacrifice to perspicuity, not 

 only every ornament of style, but also every brilliant 

 idea which, by getting too strong hold of the imagina- 

 tion, might distract the attention. 



The reader must condescend not only to go with me 

 frequently into the humblest walks of private life, but 

 also to examine the various objects that present them- 

 selves with the greatest care, and in all their most 

 minute details. 



But I must hasten to put an end to this Essay, which 

 has already exceeded the limits to which I had hopes 

 of being able to confine it. Being anxious that it 

 might be read by many persons (as I thought that it 

 would be very useful), I felt the necessity of making 

 it as short as possible. I shall conclude with a few 

 observations on the means that may be employed for 

 rendering the use of coffee more general among the 

 lower classes of society. 



In the first place, the method of making good coffee 

 must be known ; and the utensils necessary in that 

 process must be so contrived as to be cheap and dura- 

 ble, and easy to be managed. 



