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the same text. Thic applies still more w<br />
here it is important to ensure uniform&<br />
y, and most of all where the work in<br />
question is one which deserves tra<br />
nsmission in clearer and more rea<br />
dableforinfor the enjoyment of pos<br />
terity. When we consider the range of u sefuln<br />
ess of printing, together with the long series<br />
of devices which have brought usfrom thefirs<br />
t diccovery of letters to our present power ofp<br />
rinting on thousands of sheets of fine laid<br />
paper words no longer evanescent but fixe<br />
d and preserved with sharper outlines tha<br />
n the articulation of lips can give them, th<br />
e thought of such surpassing achievement compels ad<br />
miration at the force of the human intellect. But it woul<br />
dbe superfluous to enlarge on the merits of an invention<br />
which has already been the subject of many elaborate tr<br />
eatises and of much eloquent praise; to the glory of<br />
that happy century which not only discovered it, but<br />
sopursuedits development as to leave little room fo<br />
r the participation of its successors. Nor do I think it<br />
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