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TO THE PRINTERS.
BRETHREN of the Art of Arts:Sons of those old German spirits
Through whose toil the world inherits
All the joys that lore imparts,—
Know ye, that from out your hearts
Ye should ne'er permit to perish
Faust or Guttenburger's fame!—
Never cease to fondly cherish
Ancient Schaeffer's name!
But let not their names alone
In your memory be enshrined—
Cherish ye their searching mind—
Make their noble thoughts your own:
Then above all slavish fetters,
Proudly marked, shall rise your order—
Then the glorious Craft of Letters
Shall be Freedom's Watch and Warder.
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