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Excerpt from Noctes Ambrosianæ, Vol. 1 of 4
It is much to be lamented that this work was not under taken by Professor Wilson himself, and executed during his lifetime. The greatest pains, however, have been taken to repair the effects of this procrastination, in so far as they are remediable, and to send forth the N octes Ambrosianae to the world in the form deemed most in accordance with the mind Of their Author, and best calculated to suit the taste of the public. The original series has been carefully revised and sifted. All the contributions to it (songs and quotations being, of course, excepted), which were not written by the Professor, have been excluded from republication, and seve ral of the Dialogues which were his only in part, have been omitted. By means Of these retrenchments, it is believed 'th at the Text Of the work has been settled as correctly and as conclusively as it was possible for it to be in the circum stances. A few remarks may be offered in explanation of the principles which have guided me.
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