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No GREAT alteration has been thought advisable by those having proximity to the press, in the manuscript of the Rev. Mr. Rondthaler. We had at one time thought that, as the life of Mr. Heckewelder offered a field of deep interest to readers of diversified classes, perhaps the omission of a portion of the religious matter, however proper and praiseworthy it unquestionably is, would contribute to the popularity of the work. Something of this we have done; but in general we have avoided the task. Not to plead, with the eloquent churchman, that matters of an infinite and eternal int-erest should never be superseded to gratify the levity and terrene likings of people of the world, it appears to us that much abridgment of the religious portions of the volume would have been an injustice to the noble Missionary himself. Christianity, in its sincerest and most earnest form, was the inspiration of all his heroism. This it was that led him to devote a lifetime to the hardships and perils of the wilderness, exposed to the thankless ingratitude of both whites and I ndians, defamation of his spotless name, the fear of death by starving and by wild beasts, and the bloody jealousy of savage men, more murd rous still than they.
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