Before the time of the printing press, books were hand-copied by scribes, many of whom
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Before the time of the printing press, books were hand-copied by scribes, many of whom were monks in monasteries. There is the story otthe scribe who was frustrated to find a smudge on an important page he was copying. The smudge blotted out part of the sentence that reported the number of teeth in the head of a donkey. The scribe was very upset and didn't know what to do. He consulted with other scribes to see if any of their books stated the number of teeth in the head of a donkey. After many hours of fruitless searching through the library, it was agreed that the best thing to do was to send a messenger by donkey to the next monastery and continue the search there. What would be your advice?
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