"The Trouble with Printing"

A thing has some text called printing. 
The printing of a thing is usually "blank".

a thing can be either written or empty.
the paper is written.

erasing is an action applying to one thing.
understand "erase[something]" as erasing. 

carry out erasing the paper:
now the paper is empty;
change the printing of the paper to "blank";
say "You erase the paper and the offensive printing will never be seen again!".

Understand the command "read" as something new. 
Understand "read [something]" as reading. 
Reading is an action applying to one thing.

Check reading: 
if the printing of the noun is "blank", 
say "[The noun] is now blank." instead. 

Carry out reading: say "You read:[line break] [printing of the noun]".

The Archive is a room.

paper is a thing in the Archive.
the printed name of the paper is "Berkeley's Report".
understand "report" as paper.

The description is "[if the paper is written]
William Berkeley of Virginia, in 1671, in answer to the  queries sent by the Commissioners of 
Plantations the year previous. Of this paper the better part is  burned and only a tail fragment 
remains.[line break] [otherwise] The paper is blank.[end if]" 

The printing of the paper is "I thank God, [bold type] [italic type]there are no free schools [roman type]nor 
[bold type] [italic type]printing[roman type], and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for[bold 
type] [italic type]learning[roman type] has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, 
and [bold type] [italic type]printing[roman type] has divulged them...".

test me with "take paper/x it/read it/erase it/x it/read it".