myself intended. I may, no doubt, have failed in both. And in so very novel an attempt as this is,— an attempt to simplify the law upon subjects, which have hitherto been usually deemed complex and difficult, I may have committed errors, notwithstanding the anxiety I have felt, and the pains I have taken, to ? void them. But I have already, upon more than one occasion, succeeded in simplifying other branches of the law, upon which I have written, which were much more intricate and difficult than this; and I hope and trust that I shall be no less successful upon the present occasion. It may be, that I shall shortly have the pleasure of hearing, that this work has answered the purpose for which I have written it.
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