Salinas. They, along with Manuel Rodriguez Quiroga, founded the revolutionary movement of August 10, 1809, in Quito, when the city declared independence from Spain. Espejo published Quito's first newspaper, and therefore he is regarded as the founder of Ecuadorian journalism. He is considered Ecuador's first literary critic; according to Spanish scholar Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo, Espejo's Nuevo Luciano is the oldest critical work written in South America. His influence can as well be seen in Ecuadorian thought in general, as his work has been one of its principal influences; Ecuadorian education, as he promoted new pedagogical ideas, such as the creation of good citizens instead of merely imparting knowledge, and finally Ecuadorian science, as he was, along with Pedro Vicente Maldonado, one of the two most important scientists of colonial Ecuador. Espejo analyzed the reality of colonial Quito, the poverty of its people and their lack of good education, and he denounced the corruption of the colonial authorities. Since 2000, Espejo has been depicted on the obverse of Ecuador's 10 centavo coin. Works Sermones para la profesión de dos religiosas (1778) Sermón sobre los dolores de la Virgen (1779) Nuevo Luciano de Quito (1779) Marco Porcio Catón o Memorias para la impugnación del nuevo Luciano de Quito (1780) Carta al Padre la Graña sobre indulgencias (1780) Sermón de San Pedro (1780) La Ciencia Blancardina (1781) El Retrato de Golilla (Attributed, 1781) Reflexiones acerca de un método para preservar a los pueblos de las viruelas (1785) Online version (Spanish) Defensa de los curas de Riobamba (1787) Cartas riobambenses (1787) Representaciones al presidente Villalengua (1787) Discurso sobre la necesidad de establecer una sociedad patriótica con el nombre de "Escuela de la Concordia" (1789) Segunda carta teológica sobre la Inmaculada Concepción de María (1792) Memorias sobre el corte de quinas (1792) Voto de un ministro togado de la Audiencia de Quito (1792) Online version (Spanish) Sermón de Santa Rosa (1793) Notes a. There are discrepancies about the origin of the surnames "Santa Cruz y Espejo;" José del Rosario declared that his father, Luis Espejo, was first named Benítez, changed his surname to Chusig and finally to Espejo. Ecuadorian researcher Alberto Muñoz Vernaza claimed that his real surname was Espejo and that the name Chusig (owl) was a nickname Espejo had in Cajamarca. According to José del Rosario, the surname "Santa Cruz" was added "because of devotion" (Astuto, Philip L., Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795). Reformador