DEDICATION.

...that The sentence continues from the previous page: "then that truly unusual kind of favor..." truly unusual kind of favor, by which you most generously granted me the fixed and ordinary duties of practicing medicine original: "Medicinae faciundae." In the 17th century, physicians required specific legal permission from the city council to engage in "ordinary" (regular) medical practice. in Your City Frankfurt am Main. has daily stimulated me to offer and return my thanks. Just as it has bound me—even if I were reluctant—to enter into a just accounting of some public token original: "tessera." A tessera was a small tablet or token used in the ancient world as a symbol of hospitality or alliance; Faust uses it here to describe his book as a physical proof of his loyalty. of my devoted respect, and of a spirit owing faith to Your Names Faust is addressing the individual members of the council by their titles and reputations. so too I have strived to make an offering of a grateful mind. Furthermore, since many things in this vastest Kingdom of Nature...