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vi Preface.

to reconcile seeming contradictions, if such
there be; to suppress repetitions; or to weld
into a consistent whole the several parts
which in their origin were independent. Such
changes as have been made extend only to
phraseology, with the occasional modification
of an expression that seemed to err by excess
or defect The dates at the head of each
article show the time of its writing, not of its
publication.
The thanks of the author are expressed to
the proprietors of the " Atlantic Monthly,"
of the " Forum," of the " North American
Review," and of " Harper s New Monthly
Magazine," who have kindly permitted the

republication of the articles originally con-
tributed to their pages.
A. T. MAHAN.
November, 1897.