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THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

DISTINGUISHED MEN

OF

MODERN TIMES.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

GIBBON TO WILBERFORCE.

Henry Malden

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MDCCCXXXVIII.

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