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1824–1903

REFLECTIONS IN A PRINTING-OFFICE

Charles Godfrey Leland

Faust means a fist — a fist can hit, I ween: Faust made the greatest hit that e’ er was seen. I know not if’ twas Guttenberg Or Faust who first began

To print — the honour was too great For any single man. Printing is called the Art of Arts, And typos then are artists — right —

They are the nobler counterparts Of those who work in Black and White.

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