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NOTE BY MISS YULE
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No one can be more conscious than myself of its many
shortcomings, which I will not attempt to excuse. I can,
however, honestly say that these have not been due to
negligence, but are rather the blemishes almost inseparable
from the fulfilment under the gloom of bereavement and amidst
the pressure of other duties, of a task undertaken in more
favourable circumstances.
Nevertheless, in spite of all defects, I believe this sketch
to be such a record as my father would himself have approved,
and I know also that he would have chosen my hand to
write it.
In conclusion, I may note that the first edition of this
work was dedicated to that very noble lady, the Queen (then
Crown Princess) Margherita of Italy. In the second edition the
Dedication was reproduced within brackets (as also the original
preface), but not renewed. That precedent is again followed.
I have, therefore, felt at liberty to associate the present
edition of my father's work with the Name MURCHISON,
which for more than a generation was the name most generally
representative of British Science in Foreign Lands, as of
Foreign Science in Britain.
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