What has been done is little — I know — compared with what remains to be done.

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Born around 1400 in Mainz, in the Holy Roman Empire, Johannes Gutenberg

Born around 1400 in Mainz, in the Holy Roman Empire, Johannes Gutenberg was a goldsmith and printer who combined movable metal type, oil-based ink, and a wooden press into the system that launched Europe's printing revolution. His Gutenberg Bible, completed circa 1455, demonstrated mass-produced books of manuscript quality and laid the groundwork for the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution.

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