THIS LITTLE BOOK Is Bedicated IN GRATEFUL AFFECTION, TO HER WHO HAS BEEN FOR TEN YEARS THE COMPANION OF MY STUDIES; WHO HAS BRIGHTENED EVERY JOY AND CONSOLED EVERY SORROW I HAVE FELT; WHO HAS BEEN THE LIGHT OF MY HEARTH AND THE PRIDE OF MY HEART THE BRIDE OF MY YOUTH, THE FRIEND OF MY MANHOOD; WHOSE BEAUTIFUL AND SUSTAINING LOVE, EVER CHEERING ON AND BECKONING UPWARDS, HAS HAD FOR ME SOMETHING AT ONCE HUMBLING AND EXALTING IN IT. |