826 THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE 



And the mental answer was: Let the pen be the lever 

 and the printing press the fulcrum, while the sword, used 

 for the same purpose but resting on glory, or in other 

 words, having no substantial fulcrum, breaks in the attempt. 



The little engraving which, with a new motto, forms a 

 fitting tailpiece to this volume, was the outcome. 



It is true that the pen is mighty, and in the hands of 

 philosophers and diplomats it accomplishes much, but it is 

 only when resting on the printing press that it is provided 

 with that fulcrum which enables it to raise the world by 

 diffusing knowledge, inculcating morality, and providing 

 pleasure and culture for humanity at large. 



When assigned to such a task the sword breaks, and 

 well it may. But we have a well-grounded hope that 

 through the influence of the pen and the printing press 

 there will soon come an era of universal 



peace on Bartb anD GOOD Will toward dfcen. 



