TO ONE, WHO AT ONCE COMBINES
TRUE SENSE WITH TRUE HONOUR,
UNSELFISH PRINCIPLES WITH UNSELFISH FRIENDSHIP,
WHOSE SPECIAL PROVINCE IS
TO SYMPATHIZE AND TRUST,
WHOSE ONLY FAULT IS HIS READY CONFIDENCE
IN NATURES
TOO UNLIKE HIS OWN,
TO
Harold Matthews
THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED, AS A JUST TRIBUTE
OF THAT ESTEEM, WHICH ALONE IS THE REAL SOURCE
OF ALL FRIENDSHIP,
BY HIM WHO HAS VALUED HIS SOCIETY IN THE PAST,
AND HOPES HE MAY LONG ENJOY
IT IN THE FUTURE.