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Excerpt from The Nanking Monument of the Beatitudes
Dr. Johnson furnished the following definition in his "Dictionary of the English Language": -
"Lexicographer: A harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing tho original, and detailing the signification of words."
And in similar vein,
John Howard, the Philanthropist, compares himself to the plodder who goes about "to collect materials for men of genius to make use of."
If, in a very small measure, the preparation of the following pages has enabled me to share in these experiences, I can only say that it has been delectable drudgery and pleasant plodding, while, with a keen sense of their imperfections, I have requested the binder to supplement them with some blank leaves, in the hope that "men of genius" will not be failing to amplify and, if needful, to revise their deductions. I should thankfully receive such comments, if communicated.
My thanks are specially due to the Rev. James Thomas, Metropolitan Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, for obtaining for me the generous sanction of the Governors for the photographic reproduction of the Nanking Tablet inscription; also to Professor Parker, of the Victoria University, Manchester; Rev. A. N. Johnson, Home Secretary of the London Missionary Society; Mr. H. F. Pan, of Peking; Mr. H. Aldridge, of the British Museum Library, and others, some of whom are mentioned by name in the text, for their kind and willing assistance.
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