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But my point is that the Free Press must have had already a profound effect for its mere vocabulary to have sunk in thus, and to have spread so widely in the face of the rigid boycott to which it is subjected. BUT MY POINT IS THAT THE FREE PRESS MUST HAVE ALREADY HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT FOR ITS MERE VOCABULARY TO HAVE SUNK IN THUS AND TO HAVE SPREAD SO WIDELY IN THE FACE OF THE RIGID BOYCOT TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECTED
h show how deeply the effect of a Free Paper of limited circulation bites in. Here is one apparently superficial test, but a test to which I attach great importance because it is a revelation of how minds work. Certain phrases peculiar to the Free Journals find their way into the writing of all the rest. I could give a number of instances. I will give one: the word "profiteer." It was first used in the columns of "The New Age," if I am not mistaken. It has gained ground everywhere. This does not mean that the mass of the employees upon daily papers understand what they are talking about when they use the word "profiteer," any more than they understand what they are talking about when they use the words "servile state." They commonly debase the word "profiteer" to mean some one who gets an exceptional profit, just as they use my own "Eye-Witness" phrase, "The Servile State," to mean strict regulation of all civic life--an idea twenty miles away from the proper signification of the term. HERE ARE NUMBER OF TESTS WHICH SHOW HOW DEEPLY THE EFFECTS OF A FREE PAPER OF LIMITED CIRCULATION BITES IN HERE IS ONE APPARENTLY SUPERFICIAL TEST BUT A TEST TO WHICH I ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE BECAUSE IT IS A REVELATION OF HOW MINDS WORK CERTAIN PHRASES PARTICULAR TO THE FREE JOURNALS FIND THEIR WAY INTO THE WRITING OF ALL THE REST I COULD GIVE A NUMBER OF INSTANCES I WILL GIVE ONE THE WORD PROFITEER IT WAS FIRST USED IN THE COLUMNS OF THE NEW AGE IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN IT HAS GAINED GROUND EVERYWHERE THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE MASS OF THE EMPLOYES UPON DAILY PAPERS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY USE THE WORD PROFITTER ANY MORE THAN THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY USE THE WORDS SERVILE STATE THEY COMMONLY DEBASE THE WORD PROFITEER TO MEAN SOME ONE WHO GETS AN EXCEPTIONAL PROFIT JUST AS THEY USE MY OWN EYE WITNESS PHRASE THE SERVILE STATE TO MEAN STRICT REGULATION OF ALL CIVIC LIFE AN IDEA TWENTY MILES AWAY FROM THE PROPER SIGNIFICATION OF THE TERM
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