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Preface.
PREFACE .
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The Editor of the Monthly Repository feels it incumbent upon him , in completing the present Volume , to record his grateful acknowledgments to the
Contributors , by whose aid he has been enabled to give its pages whatever degree of variety , importance , and interest , they may possess /
His aim has been , not only to sustain , but to improve , the character of the work , and to extend its usefulness .
While he hopes that something has been done towards the accomplishment of his purpose , he is well aware that much more remains to be realized .
It is for the Unitarian Public to decide whether he shall be encouraged to proceed ; and if such be their wish , to render it effective by that increased support
which is essential to success . The sale of the Monthly Repository is not now more than it was twenty
years ago . Various causes might be assigned for a fact which must appear so extraordinary , when the increased numbers , resources , and zeal , of the Unitarian body ,