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502 COMPLETE PEERAGE in the statements made in this work as to the politics of individual peers, I accept the sole responsibility. What I have written above will show that they are not due to inadequate appreciation of the difficulties inherent in the task I have undertaken. On the other hand, whatever degree of accu- racy has been attained is due in no small measure to the perspicacity of the Editor, whose vigilant eye detected many items in my original contribution which required reconsideration, or notes explanatory of doubtful points which they suggested to him."
