>>>And it's only by exercising some control over reproduction that it won't move in the direction of becoming that.

I really don't understand that Insel. How does making sure nobody copies them ensure that they don't fall into mediocrity? As long as they stick to rigorous standards of exactitude and fact, everybody and his brother could copy them and it doesn’t diminish their quality in the least.

If they add fake words willy-nilly, even the one, they are specifically responsible for diminishing the veracity of the work.