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The author dedicates the&longs;e pages; not the product of
fancy, but ba&longs;ed upon facts of real life. He de&longs;ires that
they shall be peru&longs;ed by the virtuous and thoughtful,
and tru&longs;ts that, as chronicles of the poor, they will intere&longs;t
the sympathies of the opulent. That they may have some
little influence in directing attention to the terrible evils
that exi&longs;t in our communities—the sad social anomalies that
&longs;tartle the political economi&longs;t, and grieve the philanthropi&longs;t—
is the earne&longs;t prayer of one who has gone down into the
moral wilderne&longs;s of our over-crowded population, and witnessed
the &longs;truggle of Good again&longs;t Evil. With the legi&longs;lator,
the capitali&longs;t, and the friend of our fellow-creatures, he will
thereafter leave the “Tenant House.”

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