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8 POINT LINING ROMAN No 510
AFTER speech and after writing, which had been the slow growth of the ages, the art of print-
ing should be regarded as next in importance. It has been called the "art preservative," the
"nurse and preserver of all the arts," while many other expressions in similar vein have been
applied to it, and surely, if it had no other claim to our gratitude it would be worthy of all
honor. To preserve for posterity the records of the past, the discoveries of science, the imag-
ination of genius, the greatest thoughts of the greatest minds, nothing could more properly
claim our consideration and respect. But printing has done more than this. Besides being
a preserver of human thought and the record of human action, it has been an instructor and a
civilizer of the human race. While it disseminated knowledge more widely and more rapidly than the
hand of the scribe, it was also more reliable and accurate, for it multiplied copies which were exactly
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8 POINT CENTURY EXPANDED
AFTER speech and after writing, which had been the slow growth of the ages, the art of
printing should be regarded as next in importance. It has been called the "art preserva-
tive," the "nurse and preserver of all the arts," while other expressions in similar vein
have been applied to it, and surely, if it had no other claim to our gratitude it would be
worthy of all honor. To preserve for posterity the records of the past, the discoveries of
science, the imagination of genius, the greatest thoughts of the greatest minds, nothing
could more properly claim our consideration and our respect. But printing has done more
than this. Besides being a preserver of human thought and the record of human action, it
has been an instructor and civilizer of the human race. While it disseminated knowledge
more widely and more rapidly than the hand of the scribe, it was also more reliable and
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8 POINT LINING ROMAN No 511
AFTER speech and after writing, which had been the slow growth of the ages, the art
of printing should be regarded as next in importance. It has been called the "art pre-
servative, I the "nurse and preserver of all the arts," while many other expressions in
similar vein have been applied to it, and surely, if it had no other claim to our grati-
tude it would be worthy of all honor. To preserve for posterity the records of the
past, the discoveries of science, the imagination of genius, the greatest thoughts of
the greatest minds, nothing could more properly claim our consideration and respect.
But printing has done more than this. Besides being a preserver of human thought
and the record of human action, it has been an instructor and civilizer of the human race.
While it disseminated knowledge more widely and more rapidly than the hand of the
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8 POINT LINING ROMAN NO 12
AFTER speech and after writing, which had been the slow growth of the ages, the
art of printing should be regarded as next in importance. It has been called the
"art preservative," the "nurse and preserver of all the arts," while other expres-
sions in similar vein have been applied to it, and surely, if it had no other claim to
our gratitude it would be worthy of all honor. To preserve for posterity the records
of the past, the discoveries of science, the imagination of genius, the greatest
thoughts of the greatest minds, nothing could more properly claim our considera-
tion and our respect. But printing has done more than this. Besides being a
preserver of human thought and the record of human action, it has been an instructor
and a civilizer of the human race. While it disseminated knowledge more widely
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