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LINING RONALDSON OLD STYLE No. 551
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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 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 imagination of genius, the greatest thoughts of the greatest minds, nothing could
more properly claim our consideration and our respe&. But printing has done more than
this. Besides being the record of human a&ion and a preserver of human thought, it has
been an instru(ftor 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 exafly alike, and did not suffer from changes
and errors in copying, which were only-
conscientious and devoted the scribe mi
overscrupulous in adhering to the text if
might help his dodftrine or theory. The      9 POINT LINING RONALDSON OLD STYLE NO 651
gave opportunity to compare texts with
manuscripts. It restri&ed the fraudulen      AIFLrER speech and after writing, which had bee
copyists and editors, which have been to     slow growth of the ages, the art of printing shou
scarce and sometimes unique copies of biblil  regarded as next in importance. It has been c
opportunity and its known abuse have ren     the "art preservative," the "nurse and preserv

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11 POINT LINING RONALDSON OLD STYLE NO 551
AFTER speech and after writing, whip
of printing should be regarded as ne
preservative," the "nurse and preser
sions in similar vein have been appliI
to our gratitude it would be worthy o
records of the past, the discoveries of
thoughts of the greatest minds, nothing

n the
Id be
alled
er 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 aiftion, it has been an instru(tor
and a civilizer of the human race. While it dissemi-
nated knowledge more widely and rapidly than the
hand of the scribe, it'was also more reliable and
accurate, for it multiplied copies which were exadly
alike, and did not suffer from changes and errors in
copying, which were only too numerous in the manu-
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could more properly claim our consideration

and our respe&. But printing has done more than this. Besides being the record
of human a6tion and a preserver of human thought, it has been an instru&or and a
civilizer of the human race. While it disseminated knowledge more widely and more
rapidly than did the hand of the scribe, it was also more reliable and accurate, for it
multiplied copies which were exa&ly alike, and did not suffer from changes and errors
in copying, which were only too numerous in the manuscripts, no matter how con-
scientious 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 do&rine
or theory.  The multiilicalion of printed copies gave opportunity to compare texts with
diverse and widely separated manuscrifts. It restricRed the fraudulent changes and
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