I quickly realized that the press was a double-edged sword because of what instantly became the world’s most popular book: it was the Bible. With mounting frustration I saw that while some people were eager to absorb history, poetry, science, and philosophy from printed pages, the great majority of unwashed masses wanted only to embrace the biblical writings that validated their lifelong indoctrination of religious dogma. Strident faces passed darkly through my brain, which was now beginning to ache more terribly: the leaders of wars and persecutions boldly quoting scripture, purveyors of
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