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sics, — in an attempt to present such a work in a new 

 dress to the public, the Translator cannot but be diffi- 

 dent, lest inaccuracies may sometimes have gained ad- 

 mittance both into his definitions of terms, and into 

 his statements of reasonings. He ventures, at the 

 same time, to hope, that these inaccuracies may be 

 but of little moment, — that they are not such as in 

 any instance to affect materially the meaning of any 

 passage, — and that, as they are not likely, therefore, 

 to mislead the inexperienced inquirer, they can easily 

 be corrected by those whose information is more pro- 

 found and accurate. 



