Blair Collection > Vestigia celtica

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This little volume, though complete in
itself, so far as it goes, is offered to my
countrymen as the first part of a much
larger work, the materials of which I have
been preparing for some years. Thus far
I have but opened the quarry, and, with
the first stones taken therefrom, have
built a chapel, which may, I hope, here-
after form the chancel of a well-propor-
tioned church.
That hope may, or may not, be fulfilled.
For it rests with my countrymen to say
whether or not I shall proceed with the
work, and complete the edifice which I
have designed. These chapters are pub-
lished at my own expense. Whether or
not there shall be more to follow, depends