Johannes Gutenberg — "Religious truth is captive in a small number of manuscript books, which guard th…"

Religious truth is captive in a small number of manuscript books, which guard the common treasure, instead of diffusing it. Let us break the seal which holds the holy things; give wings to the truth that by means of speech, no longer written at great expense by the hand that wearies itself, but multiplied as the air by an unwearied machine, it may fly to seek every soul born into the world!
Johannes Gutenberg — Johannes Gutenberg Medieval · Printing press

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Advocating for the printing press to spread knowledge

Date: c. 1450s

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