Show CURIOUS PAPER FACTS paper moz moie than any other commodity underlies our civilization upon it are written and printed the major documents the constitution the statutes the patents the contracts the agreements which are tile the foundation of ill all our civil industrial and educational upon it rests the records of the past the best that man has thought and accomplished throughout tle tie t ie ages from its pages may be leaned gleaned tor for common and oil ail use the best thoughts of the brightest minds of the race dy by means of it there is created and foste fostered led the demand for the pio evicts of industry the interchange of which constitutes the structure of our civilization empires may tall fall wais may come cataclysms of nature liay rock the earth and many of our most cherished institutions may perish but let paper remain and the intelligence and energy of mankind will continue to trilla the world anew in a mi anner over more worthy to endure |