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 The Inhabitants of

And H. C.

This Work is Dedicated

By a Humble Native of Flatland

In the Hope that

Even as he was Initiated into the Mysteries

Of Dimensions

Having been previously conversant

With

So the Citizens of that Celestial Region

May aspire yet higher and higher

To the Secrets of Dimensions

Thereby contributing

To the Enlargement of

And the possible Development

Of that most rare and excellent Gift of

Among the Superior Races

Of