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This book is sincerely and lovingly DEDICATED to
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST,
Uho should be First in our Hearts always,
to
CHRISTAL,
who is among the Last of the First,
to
RICHARD AND ALICE, who are First among the Last, to
JOE AND VIVIAN, who are First among Firsts, to
MAX AND FAYE & DWYN AND CHRIS, whom one needs only to know to know why, but especially to SUE,
who returns my love &
keeps me on my toes, with special thanks to
NOEL PHILLIPS & DOLPHIN PRESS, INC.
"The Lord is my shepherd... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
(Twenty?third Psalm.)