Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers Gideon; Samuel; Saul; Miriam's Schooling; and Michael Trevanion

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I dedicate this result of my editorial labours to you, because you
were dear to our friend who is dead, and are almost the only person now
alive, save myself, who knew him at the time these papers were written. 
A word of explanation is necessary with regard to the picture at the
beginning of the book.  You will remember that Rutherford had in his
possession a seal, which originally belonged to some early ancestor. 
It was engraved with a device to illustrate a sentence from Lilly.  The
meaning given to the sentence was not exactly Livy’s, but still it may
very well be a little extended, and there is no doubt that the Roman
would not have objected.  This seal, as you know, was much valued by
Rutherford, and was curiously connected with certain events in his life
which happened when Miriam was at school.  Nevertheless, it cannot
anywhere be found.  It has been described, however, to Mr. Walter
Crane, and he has reproduced it with singular accuracy.  It struck me,
that although it has no direct relation with anything in the volume, it
might be independently interesting, especially considering the part the
motto played in Rutherford’s history.