Introductory material
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TO JOHN PARKER HALE AND CHARLES MAYO ELLIS,
MAGNANIMOUS LAWYERS,
FOR THEIR LABORS IN A NOBLE PROFESSION,
WHICH HAVING ONCE IN ENGLAND ITS KELYNG, ITS SAUNDERS, ITS JEFFREYS, AND ITS SCROGGS, AS NOW IN AMERICA ITS SHARKEY, ITS GRIER, ITS CURTIS, AND ITS KANE, HAS YET ALSO SUCH GENEROUS ADVOCATES OF HUMANITY AS EQUAL THE GLORIES OF HOLT AND ERSKINE, OF MACKINTOSH AND ROMILLY,
FOR THEIR ELOQUENT AND FEARLESS DEFENCE OF TRUTH, RIGHT, AND LOVE,
THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED,
BY THEIR CLIENT AND FRIEND,
THEODORE PARKER.