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Vitií preface*
At last, they reached a kind of station,
which commanded a fair view. Tliey rested
upon it, and were animated by the hope to
remove, at a future period, the shadows, Λvhich
im]7eded the view, and Avithheld, or inter-
cepted a part of the sccac^
I am, therefore, to impk)re, that a dis-
tinction ma}• be kept in view by the reader,
between those principles, Avhich I have brought
forward, and the 7uo(!e of iUustraiing ihem,
wliieli is peculiar to me. The former, were
no discoveries of mine. 1 have told my reader
Λvllere he can find them, as well as myself.
They are nothing like novelties, though for a
time they have been foj'gotten, or overlooked.
If my application of them Avill point out, from
new sources of reasoniiig, their connection
Avith hiatorical intl/i, iuid witli principles of
nature, the intriusic value of that residt, will
be tlie same, Avhetlier in tracing ail the roots,
i\m\ branches of their pedigree, my inferences