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" PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION It is with great pleasure that I accept Major Putnam's suggestion that I should write a special preface to the American edition of my autobiography.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.