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*AFTERWORD.*

The accomplished alchemical engineer is just as effective under the limitations posed by production environments as when they are working unfettered. And, indeed, without dealing with practical considerations, we would never develop ourselves to our truest potential. It is with the hope of enabling as many as possible to reach that potential that I have compiled this book.

May the brilliant works of alchemists past inspire us for generations to come.

— Augustine Fontenelle, Al. D., I.A.G.