Those Who Have Done Me The Honor Of Reading my Previous Writings Will
Probably Receive No Strong Impression Of Novelty From The Present
Volume; For The Principles Are Those To Which I Have Been Working up
During the Greater Part Of My Life, And Most Of The Practical
Suggestions Have Been Anticipated by Others Or By Myself. There Is
Novelty, However, In the Fact Of Bringing them Together, And
Exhibiting them In their Connection, And Also, I Believe, In much That
Is Brought Forward In their Support. Several Of The Opinions At All
Events, If Not New, Are For The Present As Little Likely To Meet With
General Acceptance As If They Were.
