A lad who has been despised as almost half-witted in his native place goes up to London and makes a name for himself as poet, artist, or inventor, and when he returns to his village everybody claims him as cousin.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
If so, we have the very important fact that Gutenberg himself claimed to be the inventor.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
Mr. Nasmyth, the inventor of the steam-hammer, said that he noticed when watching his men at work, that most of them spent at least two-thirds of their time, not in working, but in criticising their work with the square and the straight-edge, which the few dexterous workmen among them almost never required to use.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae