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have been anxious to afford to those who have fol- 

 lowed me thus far some idea of the nature of that 

 general revision of accepted facts which is required 

 in the present state of science ; and, if my explanations 

 have been in any way successful, my readers will 

 readily comprehend the pleasure that I experienced 

 from my study of the Branchellion, and the satisfac- 

 tion that I derived from the results of my labours. 



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