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D E D I C A T I O N .
TO JAMES ACERBI.
M Y DEAR FA TH ER,
IN looking around me for a name
truly great to prefix to my work, my country offered
many, diftinguiihed for intelligence, for patriotifm,
and even for great achievements : but the feelings of
a fon prompted a different choice, and with emotions
o f gratitude and affedlion for the bleflings of exift-
ence, education, and example, to you I dedicate the
firfl: fruits of your bounties. The name o f a hero or
fiatefman might flatter my vanity, but your’s affords
a more tender gratification. Your name has not been
found in the annals o f Europe— I congratulate you
upon it. A great name is dangerous. Your private
condition
