Who among the following said these words: “The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion and a force that will sweep despotism away.”

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Louis Sébastien Mercier

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Louise Sebastien Mercier said that "the printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion and a force that will sweep despotism away." He was of the opinion that the printing press was a means of spreading progress and enlightenment. He wrote plays, pamphlets, and novels and published them brilliantly. Mercier frequently recycled parts from one work to another and extended the essays he had already written. His work remained riveting, despite the sharp observations of Mercier's surroundings and the compositional nature of his writing. "If you want to get some idea of how Paris looked, sounded, smelled, and experienced on the eve of the revolution, there is no better writer to consult with," writes Robert Darnton.

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