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Chapter 5

           Thisworkwasrepeatedthreeorfourtimes,andateveryturn,theenginewassocontrived,thatthewordsshiftedintonewplaces,asthesquarebitsofwoodmovedupsidedown.

           Sixhoursadaytheyoungstudentswereemployedinthislabour;andtheprofessorshowedmeseveralvolumesinlargefolio,alreadycollected,ofbrokensentences,whichheintendedtopiecetogether,andoutofthoserichmaterials,togivetheworldacompletebodyofallartsandsciences;which,however,mightbestillimproved,andmuchexpedited,ifthepublicwouldraiseafundformakingandemployingfivehundredsuchframesinLagado,andobligethemanagerstocontributeincommontheirseveralcollections.

           Heassuredme"thatthisinventionhademployedallhisthoughtsfromhisyouth;thathehademptiedthewholevocabularyintohisframe,andmadethestrictestcomputationofthegeneralproportionthereisinbooksbetweenthenumbersofparticles,nouns,andverbs,andotherpartsofspeech."

           Imademyhumblestacknowledgmenttothisillustriousperson,forhisgreatcommunicativeness;andpromised,"ifeverIhadthegoodfortunetoreturntomynativecountry,thatIwoulddohimjustice,asthesoleinventorofthiswonderfulmachine;"theformandcontrivanceofwhichIdesiredleavetodelineateonpaper,asinthefigurehereannexed.

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