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This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online.
It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A book in the "public domain" is no longer owned by an individual or corporation; it belongs to the public and can be used by anyone for any purpose. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture, and knowledge that is often difficult to discover.
Marks, notations, and other marginalia Notes or marks written in the margins of the text. Marginalia provides a fascinating record of the book's previous owners and readers, offering clues about how the text was used and understood in the past. present in the original volume will appear in this file—a reminder of this book’s long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you.
Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying. Automated querying involves using software scripts to rapidly download or search through large amounts of data without human intervention.
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