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_ INTRODUCTION.

new presentation, and, in so doing, sought to invest it
with all the winning attractions in his power to bestow.

To parents who regard the best interests of their
children, and to young men and women just stepping
upon the world’s broad stage of action, we offer our
book, in the confident belief that it contains vital prin-
ciples, which, if laid up in the mind, will, like good
seed in good ground, produce an after-harvest, in the
garnering of which there will be great joy.