No, only if it is all copy and pasted from any book. I don't know who gets to choose, but they flagged and took away the rewards with one downvote, so there was no point in pushing the issue. As far as I was concerned it was public domain, but they said that Steemit is here to reward original content, which I do agree with.

It was hard to argue with his passion, so that was why I paid for the account and set him up. He wasn't in it for the money anyhow, which is good, and the reason I kept posting for him.