Excerpt from Addresses by the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, LL. D., At the Unveiling of the Statue of Christopher Columbus, in Central Park, New York, Saturday, May 12th, 1894: And Before the Literary Societies of the University of Virginia, June 12th, 1894 It was reserved not for kings or nobles or the mighty of earth to utilize the past and present for the uplifting of the masses of mankind. We may say reverently, as Christianity came for us through the son of a carpenter, so the invention which opened the way for christianizing the world was wrought out by a humble artisan of Mayence. The significance of types, and the prophecy of their use, were made clear in the selection of the Bible as their first work. The printing press of Guttenberg, and the invention of paper which had preceded it only a few years, were, the levers and the levelers of the future. By bringing education within the reach of all, they elevated the people to the understanding and prao tice of liberty, and equal opportunity and rights battered down privilege and caste. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.