AMERICAN THUMB-PRINTS

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J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U. S. A.

IN MOST LOVING MEMORY OF

MY FATHER

NELSON TIMOTHY STEPHENS

WHOSE RARE KNOWLEDGE OF MEN AND OF LAW WHOSE SENSITIVENESS TO JUSTICE

HUMAN KINDLINESS

AND FINE DISDAIN FOR SELF-ADVERTISEMENT ARE STILL CHERISHED BY THE NOBLE FOLK AMONG WHOM HE SPENT

THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE

AT WHOSE INSTANCE IN GREAT MEASURE
AND UPON WHOSE ADVICE

THE LAW SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY
SKETCHED IN THIS BOOK

WAS IN 1878

FOUNDED

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