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Dedicated IN LOVE AND UPLOOKING TO MY FRIEND JOHN ALEX. ELDER.
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SINCE THE ABOVE WAS WRITTEN HE TO WHOM IT WAS ADDRESSED DIED SUDDENLY IN HIS THIRTIETH YEAR. BUT I LET IT STAND AS IT IS. A TRUER FRIEND AND NOBLER SPIRIT NO MAN COULD KNOW.