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Excerpt from The Odd-Fellows' Offering, for 1850: Embellished With Elegant Engravings, and a Highly-Finished Presentation Plate With this brief letter of introduction, commending the bearer to the kind regards of the brotherhood or love, I make my valedictory bow for the present, fondly trusting that you will give such substantial evi dence of approbation, that I may continue to come for ward with each cycle of the year, and lay my ofi'ering upon the altar of your generous'support and good-will, until we shall be summoned, by the grand-master of the Universe, to give the enter-sign to the Guardian of the Celestial Lodge, where friendship and truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.