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● Transcriber’s Notes:
○ Missing or obscured punctuation was corrected.
○ This book was written at a time when both American and English
spelling of some words were acceptable. The author’s usages
weren't changed.
○ Typographical errors were silently corrected.
○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only
when a predominant form was found in this book.
○ Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_).