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MeSsrs. Ediiors,-The Bible, contain
ing what is called the Apocrypha, in the
English language, contains nearly mill
ion Of words. The words Of the bible,
printed on your sheet, II your newspaper
form were composed of Pearl Type, would
occupy about eleven sheets. Two oil
your pressmen could easily print thirteen
bibles in one hour, or one hundred and
thirty in ten hours. In the dark ages,
viz. before the LIGHT OF PRINTING
arose, bible was rarity il cost thou
sands of dollars, and was chained TO the
pulpit of the parish church, and the priest
kept the keys, both physical and moral.--
For less than half days common labour
any man or woman in the United States
may now have nell printed bible. / am
not sufficiently acquainted with the He
breu, Syriack, Greek, Latin, or any
other language in which the inspired
wrote, to say how much less paper the BIZ
BILE, in either Of those languages, would
require but the Literati tell me that
those languages require less room or space
to express an idea, than the English
On this subject, (the light of Priuting,)
have been almost charmed with the latter
part of the CoLuMBIAD. recommend
the reading of that. The poetry Of the
intelligent, amiable, and patriotic Bariow,
is well worth reading, think but, per-
haps / have no taste.-Nat. Intel.