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James Beck: “True it is that the printing-press has piled up great treasures of human knowledge which make this age the richest in…”

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True it is that the printing-press has piled up great treasures of human knowledge which make this age the richest in accessible information.
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James Beck
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Beck notes the vast accumulation of human knowledge made possible by the printing press.

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