Excerpt from The Story of Paper-Making: An Account of Paper-Making From Its Earliest Known Record Down to the Present Time
It is a rare privilege to stand as we do at the meeting-point of the centuries, bidding a reluctant farewell to the old, while simultaneously we cry "All hail!" to the new; first looking back over the open book of the past, then straining eager eyes for a glimpse of the mysteries that the future holds hidden, and which are to be revealed only moment by moment, hour by hour, and day by day.
The nineteenth century, so preeminently one of progress in almost every line of mental and material activity, has witnessed a marvelous growth in the paper industry. It was in the early years of the century that crude old methods, with their meager machinery, began yielding to the pressure of advanced thought, and the development since has kept full pace with the flying years.
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