"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party"

is a phrase first proposed as a typing drill by instructor Charles

E. Weller; its use is recounted in his book The Early History of

the Typewriter.

Frank E. McGurrin, an expert on the early Remington typewriter,

used it in demonstrating his touch typing abilities in January

1889.

It has appeared in a number of typing books, often in the form

"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their

country."