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DEDICATION. 
To 
LOUIS AGASSIZ, 
With. Ms permission, tlie aiitiior respectfully dedicates 
tlaese pages, as a tribLite of respect for liis con- 
tributions to science, and still more for tlie 
pliilantlaropic spirit with, wh-ich. lie 
has songht to render science an 
element of nniversal 
edncation. » 
New -York, 1 8 5 9. 
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