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MEANING Preface to the Volume 4

assure myself that my labors will not be in vain, but
that, whether they are appreciated by my readers or not
(which is not important,) my too books, -- this and a general system
of logic which is intended to follow this one, -- will really be of substantial
value to every student who takes the trouble to read them
understandingly: certainly they will to any who may find, on
thorough examination, reason to dissent from some or all my conclusions;
and I trust they may find critical readers. No young
man can so read them without finding his powers of thought