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We admire the genius of Demosthenes, Sophocles, Plato, and Phidias; but the printing-press is a higher gift to man than the eloquence, the drama, the philosophy, and the art of Greece.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Here, Sumner asserts that the invention of the printing press is a greater gift to humanity than the cultural achievements of ancient Greece.
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