TO FRANK HATTON, Editor-in-Chief, AND MY ASSOCIATES ON THE HAWKEYE, IN HAPPY REMEMBRANCE OF OUR PLEASANT FELLOWSHIP, THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED. _The appearance of a new book is an indication that another man has found a mission, has entered upon the performance of a lofty duty, actuated only by the noblest impulses that can spur the soul of man to action. It is the proudest boast of the profession of literature, that no man ever published a book for selfish purposes or with ignoble aim. Books have been published for the consolation of the distressed; for the guidance of the wandering; for the relief of the destitute; for the hope of the penitent; for uplifting the burdened soul above its sor…
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