Carroll and Brooks readers - a reader for the fifth grade . dinvention he had made. He worked so hard that thefew hours of the night which he took for sleep weredisturbed by uneasy dreams. Sometimes he thought that angelic voices warnedhim not to go on with his printing, that it wouldbring untold miseries upon the human race. Then hewould rise in the morning, unrefreshed by his slum-bers and terrified by the vision, and, seizing a mallet,would be on the point of smashing his printing-pressall to pieces. But sometimes other spirits would appear to himin dreams, and urge him to go on with his go
Carroll and Brooks readers - a reader for the fifth grade . dinvention he had made. He worked so hard that thefew hours of the night which he took for sleep weredisturbed by uneasy dreams. Sometimes he thought that angelic voices warnedhim not to go on with his printing, that it wouldbring untold miseries upon the human race. Then hewould rise in the morning, unrefreshed by his slum-bers and terrified by the vision, and, seizing a mallet,would be on the point of smashing his printing-pressall to pieces. But sometimes other spirits would appear to himin dreams, and urge him to go on with his good work,saying that it would be an immense blessing and bene-fit to all the world in all future ages. This wouldinspire him with new energy, and he would toil thenext day with a lighter heart. JOHN GUTENBERG 97 But after the printing-press had been made, and hehad really begun to print books, his assistants in thejewelry shop betrayed him. They told the people ofStrasburg about his long absences and mysteriousmovements. Their story soon spread through the. town, and roused the anger and hatred of the writersof manuscript books, who feared lest printing shouldruin their occupation. Gutenbergs enemies soon forced him to fly fromStrasburg. He was stripped of all he had in the world,and even his life was threatened. So he went back toMayence, his birthplace, and there resumed his print-ing. He took a rich jeweler, Fust, into he was not allowed to work long in peace. Fust 98 A READER FOR THE FIFTH GRADE turned against kirn, and lie was soon forced to leaveMayence as lie had left Strasburg. He was now wretchedly poor, and for a whileroamed aimlessly from place to place. But at last hefound a home in Nassau, the ruler of which offeredhis protection. In that quiet town, Gutenberg set uphis press again, and printed many books, and spentthe remainder of his days, it is pleasant to say, in rest,comfort and content, although he never got rich fromhis invention. He died in t
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