A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 6
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The History of Alexandria
Ptolemy I not only sought in the most modern spirit to organize the finding of fresh knowledge, he tried also to set up an encyclopedic storehouse of wisdom. A great army of copyists was set to work, perpetually multiplying copies of books. Here then we have the definitive first opening up of the intellectual process in which we live today.
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