PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

BY

MATURIN M. BALLOU,
AUTHOR OF THE “TREASURY OF THOUGHT," " HISTORY OF CUBA,"

BIOGRAPHY OF HOSEA BALLOU," ETC., ETC.

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BOSTON:
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge.

1882.

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COPYRIGHT, 1881,
By MATURIN M. BALLOU.

All rights reserved.

The Riverside Press, Cambridge:
Electrotyped and Printed by H. 0. Houghton & Co.

To

MY WIFE,

THE PATIENT AND CHEERFUL ASSOCIATE OF MY STUDIES,

AFTER MORE THAN FORTY YEARS OP

HAPPY COMPANIONSHIP,

This Volume

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

BY

THE COMPILER.