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Men of Invention and Industry

CHAPTER VIII
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Those in The Times newspaper office are perhaps the most perfect of all.
Mr.Clowes was necessarily a man of great ability, industry, and energy.

Whatever could be done in printing, that he would do.

He would never admit the force of any difficulty that might be suggested to his plans.

When he found a person ready to offer objections, he would say, "Ah! I see you are a difficulty-maker: you will never do for me." Mr.Clowes died in 1847, at the age of sixty-eight.

There still remain a few who can recall to mind the giant figure, the kindly countenance, and the gentle bearing of this "Prince of Printers," as he was styled by the members of his craft.


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