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PREFACE. 
to make it popular wherever his influence ex- 
tended. Profoundly skilled in his profession 
and high in the confidence of his fellow citizens, 
he fell a victim to the fatigues and exposure 
of an extensive practice. In the midst of a 
brilliant career, with prospects of increasing 
usefulness and extended reputation, he died at 
the early age of 33. He left to many friends a 
mournful inheritance — the task of lamenting 
one so highly gifted, so prematurely lost. To 
ms memory this volume is inscribed as a testi- 
monial of long continued friendship and of un- 
abated respect. It is among the incidents 
which embitter life that those who have shared 
in common labours should so often be separa- 
ted before the termination of their pursuits. 
The individuals who took most interest in the 
compilation of this sketch, scarcely lived to see 
the commencement of its publication. It is to 
THE DEAD THE AUTHOR HAS TO CONSECRATE THE RE- 
SULT OF HIS LABOURS. 
