Nihil autem gloriosius libertate, præter virtutem, si tamen libertas recte a virtute sejungitur.-JOHN OF SALISBURY.

BOSTON:

HIGGINS AND BRADLEY,

20 WASHINGTON STREET.

1856.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

TICKNOR AND FIELDS.

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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