Why, for instance, did Martin Luther succeed, whereas other important rebels against the medieval church — like John Huss — fail? Well, Luther was successful because printing had been developed by the time he advanced his cause. So his good earthy writings were put into pamphlets and spread so far and wide that the church officials couldn't have stopped the Protestant Reformation even if they had burned Luther at the stake.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Why, for instance, did Martin Luther succeed, whereas other important rebels against the medieval church — like John Huss — fail? Well, Luther was successful because printing had been developed by the time he advanced his cause. So his good earthy writings were put into pamphlets and spread so far and wide that the church officials couldn't have stopped the Protestant Reformation even if they had burned Luther at the stake." in the context of "Isaac Asimov in "Science, Technology and Space: The Isaac Asimov Interview" by Pat Stone, Mother Earth News, (October 1980).
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• Wikisource: Author:Jan Hus" to mean that wisdom is timeless.