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DEDICATION.
TO JAMES ACERBI.
MY DEAR FATHER,
IN looking around me for a name
truly great to prefix to my work, my country offered
many, distinguished for intelligence, for patriotism,
and even for great achievements: but the feelings of
a son prompted a different choice, and with emotions
of gratitude and affection for the blessings of
existence, education, and example, to you I dedicate the
first fruits of your bounties. The name of a hero or
statesman might flatter my vanity, but your’s affords
a more tender gratification. Your name has not been
found in the annals of Europe—I congratulate you
upon it. A great name is dangerous. Your private
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