Extension of the press to advance knowledge and civilization
The passage extols expanding press access as a driver of social progress. It argues recorded knowledge endures beyond disasters, libraries span continents, and civilization rises as knowledge accumulates. It insists discussion and diffusion illuminate, elevate, and purify humanity.
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Valgaraiso
Davis & Blake
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Parley
Cabinet Library
Archimedes
Europe
America
Asia
Africa
Egypt
C. Cushing
China
Cushing
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Castillo de Ova
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