Orality gave way to literacy, and through the written word a greater
range of knowledge could be transferred to others. There was no
longer a need for repetition, meter, and rhyme to assist memory
in the transfer of stories and histories.
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The ability to communicate symbolically through language is one
area that differentiates humans from other animals. Language is
the seed to growth in communication. That has always, since the
change from oralicy, been the mode of history keeping ... writing
information down, using literature as the vehicle.
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The
book
will never die ... it may wan in popularity, but the
sensuality
of holding the printed word, of possessing the knowledge,
is irreplaceable.
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