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In this edition the notes of the American editor are inserted in the body of the work, in immediate connexion with those parts of the text to which they refer, and are placed between brackets, to distinguish them from those of the author. A few verbal alterations have been made by another hand, where they seemed necessary to correct errors of the printer or translator.
In submitting this edition to the public, great gratification is felt at the evidence it affords of one mistake in our author's anticipations of the reception of his work by the American people. They have shown, that if they have tender and sensitive spots, they can patiently bear their being probed by a friendly hand.
