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son from analogywe daily behold
the varied and beautiful tribes of vegetables springing up
flourishingadorning the fields for a short timeand then fading
into dustto make way for their successors. Were not this the case
the fecundity of nature would be a grievance instead of a blessing.
The earth would groan with rank and excessive vegetationand its
surface become a tangled wilderness. In like manner the works of
genius and learning declineand make way for subsequent productions.
Language gradually variesand with it fade away the writings of
authors who have flourished their allotted time; otherwisethe
creative powers of genius would overstock the worldand the mind
would be completely bewildered in the endless mazes of literature.
Formerly there were some restraints on this excessive multiplication.
Works had to be transcribed by handwhich was a slow and laborious
operation; they were written either on parchmentwhich was expensive
so that one work was often erased to make way for another; or on
papyruswhich was fragile and extremely perishable. Authorship was a
limited and unprofitable craftpursued chiefly by monks in the
leisure and solitude of their cloisters. The accuyilai：
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