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DEDICATION TO DR. J. W. C. PENNINGTON, THE FRIEND OF YOUTH, OF LEARNING, AND OF VIRTUE, THE WORTHY REPRESENTATIVE OF AN OPPRESSED RACE—THE GENTLEMAN, THE CHRISTIAN, AND SCHOLAR, THIS VOLUME IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, AS A SMALL TESTIMONY OF THE HIGH PERSONAL ESTEEM IN WHICH HE IS HELD BY THE AUTHOR.