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LINING OLD STYLE No. 550
11 POINT LINING OLD STYLE NO 550
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 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 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 alike, and did not suffer from
changes and errors in copying, which were only too numerous in the manu-
scripts, no matter how conscientious and devoted the scribe might be. And
he was not always overscrupulous in adhering to the text if a turn of a letter
or an inserted line might help his doctrine or theory. The multiplication of
printed copies gave opportunity to compare texts with diverse and widely sepa-
rated manuscripts. It restricted the fraudulent changes and additions of biased

Lower ease a to z, 12 44 ems

Partly opened with 2 point leads

12 POINT LINING OLD STYLE NO 650
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 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 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 alike, and
did not suffer from changes and errors in copying, which were only too
numerous in the manuscripts, no matter how conscientious and devoted the
Lower rose . to z. 14115 e.s

Partly opened with 2 point leads

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