DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPIECE, ILLUSTRATING 
LAW. 
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LAW, DICTATED BY WISDOM, (UNDER THE FORM OF MINERVA, WITH HER ATTRI* 
BUTESj) CONFIRMED BY EXPERIENCE, (EXEMPLIFIED BY AN OLD MAN HOLDING A 
ROLL, HIS HEAD COVERED WITH A VEIL,) PROMULGATED BY AUTHORITY, (IN A COM¬ 
MANDING ATTITUDE, AND HOLDING THE MACE OF POWER,) RECEIVED BY OBEDI- 
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ENCE (KNEELING) AND RESPECT, (STANDING AT A DISTANCE,) AND SANCTIONED AT 
THE ALTAR OF THE COUNTRY BY THE UNION OF JUSTICE (WITH HER WELL-KNOWN 
SYMBOLS) AND MERCY, (PRESENTING THE OLIVE OF PEACE AND THE POPPY OF 
OBLIVION, AND TREADING UPON THE INSTRUMENTS OF PUNISHMENT,) 
